1. TGFβ-Receptor 1/ALK5 NEIL MEHTA BIOL 445.001 http://www.bcm.edu/pediatrics/cardiology/TGFBR2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGF_beta_receptor_1

2. CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS

3. HETERO-TETRAMERIC RECEPTOR COMPLEX FORMS UPON BINDING TO LIGAND (TGFβ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGF_beta_signaling_pathway

4. SARA MEDIATES RECEPTOR INTERNALIZATION AND PHOSPHORYLATION OF SMAD2 (R-SMAD) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGF_beta_signaling_pathway

5. PHOSPOHRYLATED R-SMAD/SMAD4 ENTERS NUCLEUS AND CAUSES TRANSCRIPTION OF DNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGF_beta_signaling_pathway

7. TGFβ-RECEPTOR 1 INDUCES EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION (EMT) Valcourt et. al. Mol Biol Cell. 2005 April; 16(4): 1987–2002.

8. TβRI –/– MICE DIE AT MIDGESTATION DUE TO IMPAIRED YOLK SAC CIRCULATION Larson et. al. EMBO J. 2001 April 2; 20(7): 1663–1673.

9. LOH OF TGF-βRI GENE IN PANCREATIC AND BILIARY CANCERS Goggins et. al. Cancer Res 1998;58:5329-5332

10. TREATMENT FOR PANCREATIC CANCER USING A TGFβR-1 INHIBITOR Gaspar et. al. Molecular Pharmacology 2007: (72), 152–161.

11. ROLE OF TGFβ-RECEPTOR I IN OTHER PATHWAYS Lee et. al. EMBO J 2007, 26:3957-3967.

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