Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) Is a Muscle Biomarker of Disease Progression in ALS and Correlates with Smad Expression

Ying Si; Soojin Kim; Xiangqin Cui; Lei Zheng; Shin J. Oh; Tina Anderson; Mohammad AlSharabati; Mohamed Kazamel; Laura Volpicelli-Daley; Marcas M. Bamman; Shaohua Yu; Peter H. King

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138425

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Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) Is a Muscle Biomarker of Disease Progression in ALS and Correlates with Smad Expression

Ying Si,

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Soojin Kim,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Xiangqin Cui,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Lei Zheng,

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Shin J. Oh,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Tina Anderson,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Mohammad AlSharabati,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Mohamed Kazamel,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Laura Volpicelli-Daley,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Marcas M. Bamman,

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Shaohua Yu,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Peter H. King

* E-mail: phking@uabmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) Is a Muscle Biomarker of Disease Progression in ALS and Correlates with Smad Expression

Ying Si,
Soojin Kim,
Xiangqin Cui,
Lei Zheng,
Shin J. Oh,
Tina Anderson,
Mohammad AlSharabati,
Mohamed Kazamel,
Laura Volpicelli-Daley,
Marcas M. Bamman

Published: September 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138425

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