Mitogens
"Mitogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Substances that stimulate mitosis and lymphocyte transformation. They include not only substances associated with LECTINS, but also substances from streptococci (associated with streptolysin S) and from strains of alpha-toxin-producing staphylococci. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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D008934
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.593.624
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mitogens" by people in Profiles.
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Freeman MR, Paul S, Kaefer M, Ishikawa M, Adam RM, Renshaw AA, Elenius K, Klagsbrun M. Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor in the human prostate: synthesis predominantly by interstitial and vascular smooth muscle cells and action as a carcinoma cell mitogen. J Cell Biochem. 1998 Mar 01; 68(3):328-38.
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Eichberg JW, Heberling RL, Kalter SS, Morrison JD, Lawlor DA. The influence of age and pregnancy on immune responses of baboons to mitogens and the baboon endogenous virus. Dev Comp Immunol. 1981; 5(1):135-44.