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Activin βC and βE Genes Are Not Essential for Mouse Liver Growth, Differentiation, and Regeneration
1 Aug 2000
Abstract excerpt
The liver is an essential organ that produces several serum proteins, stores vital nutrients, and detoxifies many carcinogenic and xenobiotic compounds. Various growth factors positively regulate liver growth, but only a few negative regulators are known. Among the latter are the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) superfamily members TGF-beta1 and activin A. To study the function of novel activin family...
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