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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2003

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha acts as a complete mitogen for primary rat hepatocytes.

Heather A Iocca, Harriet C Isom

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather A IoccaDepartment of Microbiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
Harriet C Isom
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

REGULATION OF DIFFERENTIATION IN HEPATOCYTES IN VITROR01CA023931 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ISOM, HARRIET C. · 1985 to 2008
$2.5M
POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF IRON REGULATING PROTEINSP01DK053430 · NIDDK · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI CHORNEY, MICHAEL J · 1999 to 2003
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS CA23931NCI NIH HHS R01 CA023931NIDDK NIH HHS DK53430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha has previously been shown to prime hepatocytes to a state of replicative competence, but has not been shown to act as a complete mitogen for these cells. In the present study we have altered our previously described long-term dimethyl sulfoxide culture system to exclude all known hepatocyte mitogens from the culture media and enable us to directly examine the effects of TNF-alpha on primary rat hepatocytes. We have shown that cells maintained under these culture conditions retain the biochemical and morphological features of well-differentiated hepatocytes. Treatment with TNF-alpha induced DNA synthesis relative to control, to a level not significantly different from that induced by the known hepatocyte mitogen, epidermal growth factor (EGF). Maximal DNA synthesis was induced by treatment with 250 U/ml TNF-alpha for 24 hours. Mitotic figures were observed in cultures treated with TNF-alpha or EGF but not in untreated controls. Treatment of cultures with TNF-alpha, but not EGF, induced activation of both nuclear factor-kappaB p50 homodimers and p50/p65 heterodimers. DNA synthesis induced by TNF-alpha was inhibited by treatment with transforming growth factor-beta. Based on the results of our studies, we conclude that TNF-alpha acts as a complete mitogen for rat hepatocytes.

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AnimalsBiomarkersCells, CulturedCell SizeDNAEpidermal Growth FactorHepatocytesHumansMaleMiceMitogensNF-kappa BRatsRats, Inbred F344Time FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaBiomarkersDNAEpidermal Growth FactorMitogensNF-kappa BTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID12875968
PMCPMC1868193
OpenAlexW2078214342

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