Title : 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitors up-regulate transforming growth factor-beta signaling in cultured heart cells via inhibition of geranylgeranylation of RhoA GTPase.

Pub. Date : 1999 Sep 28

PMID : 10500210






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1 Here we demonstrate that induction of the cholesterol metabolic pathway by growth of embryonic chicken atrial cells in medium supplemented with lipoprotein-depleted serum coordinately decreased the expression of the TGFbeta type II receptor (TGFbetaRII), TGFbeta(1), and TGFbeta signaling as measured by plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) promoter activity. Cholesterol transforming growth factor beta 1 Gallus gallus