{"title":"Role of transforming growth factor-β in airway remodelling in bronchiolitis obliterans.","authors":"Ziwei Wang","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2023.2239356","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Airway remodelling is the main pathological mechanism of bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). Several studies have found that transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) expression is increased in BO during airway remodelling, where it plays an important role in various biological processes by binding to its receptor complex to activate multiple signalling proteins and pathways. This review examines the role of TGF-β in airway remodelling in BO and its potential as a therapeutic target, highlighting the mechanisms of TGF-β activation and signalling, cellular targets of TGF-β actions, and research progress in TGF-β signalling and TGF-β-mediated processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Growth factors","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2023.2239356","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/7/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Airway remodelling is the main pathological mechanism of bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). Several studies have found that transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) expression is increased in BO during airway remodelling, where it plays an important role in various biological processes by binding to its receptor complex to activate multiple signalling proteins and pathways. This review examines the role of TGF-β in airway remodelling in BO and its potential as a therapeutic target, highlighting the mechanisms of TGF-β activation and signalling, cellular targets of TGF-β actions, and research progress in TGF-β signalling and TGF-β-mediated processes.
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Growth Factors is an international and interdisciplinary vehicle publishing new knowledge and findings on the regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. The Journal will publish research papers, short communications and reviews on current developments in cell biology, biochemistry, physiology or pharmacology of growth factors, cytokines or hormones which improve our understanding of biology or medicine. Among the various fields of study topics of particular interest include: •Stem cell biology •Growth factor physiology •Structure-activity relationships •Drug development studies •Clinical applications