Tsukushi is involved in the wound healing by regulating the expression of cytokines and growth factors

Tsukushi controls the hair cycle by regulating TGF-β1 signaling

(2012) Daisuke Niimori et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Wound Macrophages as Key Regulators of Repair

(2011) Samielle K. Brancato et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Tsukushi functions as a Wnt signaling inhibitor by competing with Wnt2b for binding to transmembrane protein Frizzled4

(2011) K. Ohta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tsukushi is required for anterior commissure formation in mouse brain

(2010) Ayako Ito et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

TGF-β-induced fibroblast activation protein expression, fibroblast activation protein expression increases the proliferation, adhesion, and migration of HO-8910PM

(2009) He Chen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

Biological Functions of the Small Leucine-rich Proteoglycans: From Genetics to Signal Transduction

(2008) Liliana Schaefer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Wound repair and regeneration

(2008) Geoffrey C. Gurtner et al.   NATURE