| Literature DB >> 20081886 |
Noelynn Oliver1, Mark Sternlicht, Karin Gerritsen, Roel Goldschmeding.
Abstract
The roles of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), both well-known collagen production stimulators, were examined in skin aging. Aged skin and fibroblasts exhibited a coordinate decrease in CTGF, TGF-beta, and type I procollagen expression and content. CTGF knockdown and TGF-beta blockade in normal dermal fibroblasts reduced procollagen expression, whereas overexpressing CTGF increased procollagen by a TGF-beta/Smad signaling-dependent mechanism without involving Smad2/3.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20081886 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.331
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551