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Type Ialpha collagen is an IGFBP-3 binding protein.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jan 2000
Liu Bingrong, Weinzimer Stuart A, Gibson Tara Beers, Mascarenhas Desmond, Cohen Pinchas
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) possesses both growth-inhibitory and -potentiating effects on cells, which are independent of IGF action and mediated through specific IGFBP-3 binding proteins/receptors located at the cell membrane, cytosol, or nuclear compartments as well as in the extracellular matrix. We here characterized type Ialpha collagen as one of these IGFBP-3 binding...
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