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Umbilical vein endothelial cells are an important source of c‐kit and stem cell factor which regulate the proliferation of haemopoietic progenitor cells
1 Sept 1996
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The expression and production of c-kit and its ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), in cord blood and neonates were studied. Serum SCF levels were significantly higher in cord blood, neonates aged 1-30 d, and in 4-month-old infants than in the maternal serum (P < 0.01). SCF levels decreased in children from 7 months to 15 years of age (P < 0.01). The serum soluble c-kit levels were significantly higher in cord (P <...
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