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"These results indicate that the early upregulation of syndecan-4 mRNA expression by TGF-beta 1 is mediated by Smad3, whereas Smad2 or Smad3 alone is not involved in the late downregulation of syndecan-4 mRNA expression by TGF-beta 1; the late downregulation of syndecan-4 core protein expression by TGF-beta 1 is mediated by Smad3."
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"These results and our data, which showed that the induction of endothelial syndecan-4 expression occurs in the early stage of the exposure to TGF-beta 1, suggest that the upregulation of endothelial syndecan-4 expression by TGF-beta 1 may be a defense mechanism against an acute injury to vascular endothelial cells."