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Heparan sulfate proteoglycans function as receptors for fibroblast growth factor-2 activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2.
Circulation research - 20 Feb 2004
Chua Ceres C, Rahimi Nader, Forsten-Williams Kimberly, Nugent Matthew A
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Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) activates the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) through its specific receptors. Interaction of FGF2 with cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans has also been suggested to induce intracellular signals. Thus, we investigated whether FGF2 can stimulate ERK1/2 activation through heparan sulfate proteoglycans using mechanisms that do not depend on receptor...
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