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Studies into hormonal imprinting in intact and transformed 3T3 fibroblast cell lines
1Department of Biology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
Bioscience Reports
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
The cells of the NIH 3T3 fibroblast line responded to primary interaction with insulin by a positive imprinting, i.e. by an increased binding capacity for the hormone on re-exposure. Positive imprinting, although to a lesser degree, was also induced by thyrotropin. However, oncogenic transformation by polyoma virus oncogens resulted in decreased imprinting in both the middle-T-antigen (MT3) and small-T-antigen-expressing (N4) cells.