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Engineering epidermal growth factor for enhanced mitogenic potency.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Dec 1996
Reddy C C, Niyogi S K, Wells A, Wiley H S, Lauffenburger D A
Abstract excerpt
Successful use of growth factors in therapeutic and bioprocessing applications requires overcoming two attenuation mechanisms: growth factor depletion and receptor down-regulation. Current ameliorative strategies use physiologically inappropriate high growth-factor concentrations, along with periodic media refeeding in vitro and reinjection or controlled-release devices in vivo. We demonstrate a new approach...
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