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Angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF) promotes epidermal proliferation, remodeling, and regeneration.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Aug 2003
Oike Yuichi, Yasunaga Kunio, Ito Yasuhiro, Matsumoto Shun-Ichiro, Maekawa Hiromitsu, Morisada Tohru, Arai Fumio, Nakagata Naomi, Takeya Motohiro, Masuho Yasuhiko, Suda Toshio
Abstract excerpt
We report here the identification of an angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF). To examine the biological function of AGF in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing AGF in epidermal keratinocytes (K14-AGF). K14-AGF mice exhibited swollen and reddish ears, nose and eyelids. Histological anal...
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