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Apoptosis Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β in Fetal Hepatocyte Primary Cultures
1 Mar 1996
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a growth regulator of fetal hepatocytes in primary culture, also regulates death of these cells. Dose-response analysis showed that the TGF-beta concentration needed to induce hepatocyte death (2.5 ng/ml) was 5 times that needed to inhibit growth in these cells (0.5 ng/ml). In response to TGF-beta, hepatocytes induced DNA fragmentation and the appearance of nuclei with...
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