Does Breathing Amplify Fibrosis?

Stretch-induced Activation of Transforming Growth Factor-β1in Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2016) Aaron R. Froese et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The extracellular matrix and transforming growth factor-β1: Tale of a strained relationship

(2015) Boris Hinz   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Latent TGF-β-binding proteins

(2015) Ian B. Robertson et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

The α v β 1 integrin plays a critical in vivo role in tissue fibrosis

(2015) Nilgun I. Reed et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Prestress in the extracellular matrix sensitizes latent TGF-β1 for activation

(2014) Franco Klingberg et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Inhibition of mechanosensitive signaling in myofibroblasts ameliorates experimental pulmonary fibrosis

(2013) Yong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Targeting of αv integrin identifies a core molecular pathway that regulates fibrosis in several organs

(2013) Neil C Henderson et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Acellular Normal and Fibrotic Human Lung Matrices as a Culture System forIn VitroInvestigation

(2012) Adam J. Booth et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Epithelial cells utilize cortical actin/myosin to activate latent TGF-β through integrin αvβ6-dependent physical force

(2012) Marilyn M. Giacomini et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Physical and chemical microenvironmental cues orthogonally control the degree and duration of fibrosis-associated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions

(2012) Ashley C Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

The Single-Molecule Mechanics of the Latent TGF-β1 Complex

(2011) Lara Buscemi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Latent TGF-β structure and activation

(2011) Minlong Shi et al.   NATURE

Feedback amplification of fibrosis through matrix stiffening and COX-2 suppression

(2010) Fei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY