Cell‐cell signaling by direct contact increases cell proliferation via a PI3K‐dependent signal
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- 15 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 514 (2-3), 238-242
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02370-0
Abstract
We report a novel mechanism of cellular growth control. Increasing the density of endothelial or smooth muscle cells in culture increased cell‐cell contact and decreased cell spreading, leading to gr...This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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