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ReviewFEBS letters2012

Post-translational regulation of TGF-β receptor and Smad signaling.

Pinglong Xu, Jianming Liu, Rik Derynck

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Review in FEBS letters, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers.

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113citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. USP5 Stabilizes TGFBR1 to Drive Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence and Atherosclerosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Promoting collagen synthesis: a viable strategy to combat skin ageing.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2025
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  8. Regulation of inflammatory lung injury and repair by transforming growth factors.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025
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  11. Ligand-specific regulation of a binary enhancer code dictating cellular senescence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  20. TGF-β signaling: critical nexus of fibrogenesis and cancer.Journal of translational medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pinglong XuDepartment of Cell and Tissue Biology, Programs in Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jianming Liu
Rik Derynck

Funding

TGF BETA SIGNALING IN LUNG MORPHOGENESIS, INJURY AND REPAIRP01HL060231 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI HEISTERKAMP, NORA C · 1998 to 2009
$14.5M
TGF-Beta and Smad-mediated regulation of gene expressionR01CA063101 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DERYNCK, RIK M · 1995 to 2014
$6.4M
TGF-beta-induced non-Smad signaling events and cancer cell behaviorR01CA136690 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DERYNCK, RIK M · 2009 to 2018
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA136690NCI NIH HHS R01 CA063101NCI NIH HHS R01 CA136690NCI NIH HHS R01 CA63101NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL060231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TGF-β family signaling through Smads is conceptually a simple and linear signaling pathway, driven by sequential phosphorylation, with type II receptors activating type I receptors, which in turn activate R-Smads. Nevertheless, TGF-β family proteins induce highly complex programs of gene expression responses that are extensively regulated, and depend on the physiological context of the cells. Regulation of TGF-β signaling occurs at multiple levels, including TGF-β activation, formation, activation and destruction of functional TGF-β receptor complexes, activation and degradation of Smads, and formation of Smad transcription complexes at regulatory gene sequences that cooperate with a diverse set of DNA binding transcription factors and coregulators. Here we discuss recent insights into the roles of post-translational modifications and molecular interaction networks in the functions of receptors and Smads in TGF-β signal responses. These layers of regulation demonstrate how a simple signaling system can be coopted to exert exquisitely regulated, complex responses.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell MembraneDNAEndocytosisGene Expression RegulationHumansMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsTranscription FactorsDNAMicroRNAsReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSmad ProteinsTranscription FactorsTransforming Growth Factor betaUbiquitin

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PMID22617150
PMCPMC4240271

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