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  • Title: Heparin binds endothelial cell growth factor, the principal endothelial cell mitogen in bovine brain.
    Author: Maciag T, Mehlman T, Friesel R, Schreiber AB.
    Journal: Science; 1984 Aug 31; 225(4665):932-5. PubMed ID: 6382607.
    Abstract:
    Endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF), an anionic polypeptide mitogen, binds to immobilized heparin. The interaction between the acidic polypeptide and the anionic carbohydrate suggests a mechanism that is independent of ion exchange. Monoclonal antibodies to purified bovine ECGF inhibited the biological activity of ECGF in crude preparations of bovine brain. These data indicate that ECGF is the principal mitogen for endothelial cells from bovine brain, that heparin affinity chromatography may be used to purify and concentrate ECGF, and that the affinity of ECGF for heparin may have structural and perhaps biological significance.
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