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Abstract
In insulin containing defined medium TGF-beta 1, TGF-beta 2, and bFGF all stimulate chondrogenic differentiation in high-density micromass cultures of distal limb bud mesenchyme cells of chick embryos. In addition bFGF inhibits myogenic differentiation, while TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 2 appear to have no effect. TGF-beta 1 and bFGF together act additively to enhance chondrogenesis, while TGF-beta blocks the bFGF inhibitory action on myoblasts, thus allowing them to differentiate. In the absence of insulin, the inhibitory effect of bFGF on muscle cell differentiation is reduced; cartilage differentiation in the presence of the above growth factors is also slightly reduced.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2226646 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(90)90048-f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Cell Res ISSN: 0014-4827 Impact factor: 3.905