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In vitro insulin-like growth factor I interaction with cartilage cells derived from postnatal animals.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 1990
Demarquay D, Dumontier M F, Tsagris L, Bourguignon J, Nataf V, Corvol M T
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This paper reports data on the in vitro effects of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the phenotypic expression of epiphyseal chondrocytes grown in serum-free (SF) culture medium. bFGF mostly stimulates chondrocyte DNA and inhibits sulfated proteoglycan synthesis and type II collagen mRNA. On the contrary, IGF-I is poorly mitogenic but strongly stimulates protein...
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