Horm Metab Res 1984; 16(6): 311-314
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014776
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Fragments of Myelin Basic Protein Derived from Human Brain are not Mitogenic in Cultures of Human Amniotic Fluid Cells and Other Cells

G. M. Addison1 , P. Jackson2 , B. M. Snape1 , R. J. Thompson2
  • 1Department Chemical Pathology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • 2Department Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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1983

1983

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14. März 2008 (online)

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The possible mitogenic effects of a number of preparations of the myelin basic protein (MBP) of human brain have been investigated in various cell types in culture, including human amniotic fluid cells. Intact human MBP, as well as fragments derived by BNPS-skatole and cathepsin D treatment, and isoelectric focusing fractions of human MBP, showed no mitogenic activity. These results are consistent with recent findings that the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) activity of bovine brain does not originate from MBP.