Activin A, an autocrine factor produced by hepatocytes, inhibits mitogen-stimulated DNA synthesis and induces apoptotic death of cultured rat hepatocytes. Several lines of evidence indicate that norepinephrine (NE), as a comitogenic growth factor, alters the balance between growth stimulation and in
Characterization of the activin receptor in cultured rat hepatocytes
โ Scribed by Y Zhang; M Kanzaki; H Mashima; T Mine; I Kojima
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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โฆ Synopsis
Incubation was performed at 37ะC under a humidified condition of
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