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ReviewClinical medicine & research2003

Medical applications of transforming growth factor-beta.

Kathleen C Flanders, James K Burmester

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Review in Clinical medicine & research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Understanding Scarring in the Oral Mucosa.Advances in wound care · 2022
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  4. BMP and TGFβ use and release in bone regenerationTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2020
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  8. Sapylin promotes wound healing in mouse skin flaps.American journal of translational research · 2017
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  9. Wound Healing Effects ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017
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  14. Current concepts in clinical radiation oncology.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2014
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  17. Construction of eukaryotic expression plasmid of hTGF-β3 and its inducing effect on differentiation of precartilaginous stem cells into chondroblasts.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathleen C FlandersLaboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
James K Burmester
Marshfield Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) proteins and their antagonists have entered clinical trials. These multi-functional regulators of cell growth and differentiation induce extracellular matrix proteins and suppress the immune system making TGF-betas useful in treatment of wounds with impaired healing, mucositis, fractures, ischemia-reperfusion injuries, and autoimmune disease. In diseases such as keloids, glomerulonephritis and pulmonary fibrosis, excessive expression of TGF-beta has been implicated as being responsible for accumulation of detrimental scar tissue. In these conditions, agents that block TGF-beta have prevented or reversed disease. Similarly, in carcinogenesis, blocking TGF-beta activity may be valuable in stimulating an immune response towards metastasis. As these blocking agents receive approval, we will likely have new therapies for previously recalcitrant diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansReperfusion InjuryTransforming Growth Factor betaWounds and InjuriesTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID15931280
PMCPMC1069016
OpenAlexW2110745181

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Registered trials

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