Cruz CD

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

review 2019

Partners in Crime: NGF and BDNF in Visceral Dysfunction

Current neuropharmacology ·doi:10.2174/1570159x17666190617095844

Neurotrophins (NTs), particularly Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), have attracted increasing attention in the context of visceral function for some years. Here, we examined the current literature and p…

article 2014

Expression of Nodal, Cripto, SMAD3, Phosphorylated SMAD3, and SMAD4 in the Proliferative Endometrium of Women With Endometriosis

Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114549855

BackgroundNodal is a growth factor of the transforming growth factor β superfamily that is expressed in high turnover tissues, such as the human endometrium, and in several malignancies. The effects of Nodal are modulated by the coreceptor …