| Literature DB >> 9413947 |
H Schafberg1, G Nowak, R Kaufmann.
Abstract
Using rat glioma C6 cells as a model, we have found a bimodal effect of alpha-thrombin on cell growth. In C6 cells treated with alpha-thrombin at concentrations from 0.02 nM to 1.0 nM, inhibition of cell proliferation was noted. Because the thrombin receptor agonist peptide TRAP-6 also induced inhibition of cell proliferation and the thrombin receptor antagonist peptide T1 prevented the inhibitory effect of alpha-thrombin on C6 glioma cell growth, thrombin receptor involvement in antiproliferative action of alpha-thrombin in C6 glioma cells is highly likely. However, stimulation of cell proliferation observed when C6 cells were treated with alpha-thrombin at higher doses (> 1.0 nM) seems to be mediated by as yet undefined thrombin receptor-independent biochemical mechanisms.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9413947 PMCID： PMC2228214 DOI： 10.1038/bjc.1997.602
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN： 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640