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GDF5 and BMP2 inhibit apoptosis via activation of BMPR2 and subsequent stabilization of XIAP.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2009
Liu Zhipei, Shen Jia, Pu Kui, Katus Hugo A, Plöger Frank, Tiefenbacher Christiane P, Chen Xiaobo, Braun Thomas
Abstract excerpt
GDF5 and BMP2, members of the TGF-beta superfamily of growth factors, are known to regulate apoptosis in different cell types either positively or negatively. We wanted to investigate the effects of GDF5 and BMP2 on vascular smooth muscle cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts and disclose the mec...
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