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Identification of a Putative Autocrine Bone Morphogenetic Protein-Signaling Pathway in Human Ovarian Surface Epithelium and Ovarian Cancer Cells
6 May 2003
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the TGFbeta superfamily of cytokines that are involved in development, differentiation, and disease. In an analysis of normal ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) and ovarian cancer (OC) cells, we observed BMP4 mRNA expression and found that primary OC cells produce mature BMP4. In addition, each member of the downstream signaling pathway was expressed in primary OSE...
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