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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yamashita M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2621323 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecular cell 20080901 6
In many physiological and disease processes, TGF-beta usurps branches of MAP kinase pathways in conjunction with Smads to induce apoptosis and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, but the detailed mechanism of how a MAP kinase cascade is activated by TGF-beta receptors is not clear. We report here that TRAF6 is specifically required for the Smad-independent activation of JNK and p38, and its carboxyl TRAF homology domain physically interacts with TGF-beta receptors. TGF-beta induces K63-linked ...[more]