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The biology and action of colony stimulating factor-1.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 Jan 1994
Stanley E R, Berg K L, Einstein D B, Lee P S, Yeung Y G
Abstract excerpt
Colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) is a growth factor for mononuclear phagocytic cells. Through alternative mRNA splicing and differential post-translational proteolytic processing, CSF-1 can either be secreted into the circulation as a glycoprotein or chondroitin sulfate-containing proteoglycan or expressed as a membrane-spanning glycoprotein on the surface of synthesizing cells. The discovery that the...
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