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"XREF_BIBR We found that treatment of C2C12 cells with recombinant hHGF protein increased the RNA level of miR-206 while decreasing the amount of phosphorylated Smad3 protein induced by TGF-beta, indicating that HGF might counteract the biological consequences generated by TGF-beta."
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"While we have previously described that loss of TGF-beta and Smad3 signaling in Col2a1-Smurf2 transgenic chondrocytes might represent a mechanism of Smurf2 induced OA in Col2a1-Smurf2 transgenic mice, Smurf2 mainly induces ubiquitination of phosphorylated Smad3 activated by exogenous TGF-beta in chondrocytes, and only slightly affects the basal level of phosphorylated Smad3 in resting chondrocytes [XREF_BIBR], indicating that Smurf2 mediated loss of TGF-beta and Smad3 signaling in chondrocytes may not be a dominant mechanism underlying Smurf2 induced OA in Col2a1-Smurf2 transgenic mice."