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pH-dependent receptor/ligand dissociation as a determining factor for intracellular sorting of ligands for epidermal growth factor receptors in rat hepatocytes.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society - 18 Jul 2002
Maeda Kazuya, Kato Yukio, Sugiyama Yuichi
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Both epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha) bind to EGF receptors and TGF alpha has been reported to be more potent than EGF as far as many biological effects are concerned. One possible reason for this is thought to be the difference in their dissociation from the receptors in intracellular acidic compartments, which may affect the final pathway (lysosomal degradation or...
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