Publication Date:
1978-02-03
Description:
Serum from patients with lichen myxedematosus, when added to exponentially growing normal human skin fibroblasts, stimulates DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. The degree of response in vitro is correlated with the extent of the disease in vivo and is specific for fibroblasts. The results suggest that there is a systemic factor (or factors) which may play a role in the etiology of diseases affecting the connective tissue.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Harper, R A -- Rispler, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Feb 3;199(4328):545-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/622555" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cell Division
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Cells, Cultured
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Female
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Fibroblasts/metabolism
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin G/analysis
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Skin Diseases/*blood/immunology/pathology
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Thymidine/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
