TGF-beta1 targets the GSK-3beta/beta-catenin pathway via ERK activation in the transition of human lung fibroblasts into myofibroblasts.

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Published in Pharmacol Res on February 09, 2008

Authors

Filippo Caraci1, Elisa Gili, Marco Calafiore, Marco Failla, Cristina La Rosa, Nunzio Crimi, Maria Angela Sortino, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Agata Copani, Carlo Vancheri

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.

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