Endothelin-I (ET-1) is an endothelium-derived 21 amino acid vasoconstrictor peptide possessing two intrachain disulfide bridges. Recently it has become evident that isoforms of ET (ET-l, -2, and -3) have a wide range of pharmacological effects in various tissues and act as autocrineiparacrine factor
Expression of leukemia-inhibitory factor as an autocrinal growth factor in human medulloblastomas
β Scribed by Jia Liu; Jun-wei Li; Yan Gang; Lee Guo; Hong Li
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 370 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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