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Increased interleukin-6 production in mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells expressing activating mutant of the stimulatory G protein.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jul 1998
Motomura T, Kasayama S, Takagi M, Kurebayashi S, Matsui H, Hirose T, Miyashita Y, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Yamamoto T, Okada S, Kishimoto T
Abstract excerpt
The McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, café-au-lait spots, and multiple endocrine hyperfunction. An activating missense mutation of the alpha subunit of the Gs protein (Gs alpha) was found in several affected tissues, resulting in prolonged stimulation of adenylate cyclase. Our recent study has indicated that the cells derived from the fibrous bone dysplasia tissues...
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