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[Prostatic bud induction by brief treatment with growth factors]
1Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences pharmaceutiques, Teikyo Université, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
Comptes Rendus Des Seances De La Societe De Biologie Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Effects of brief treatment of growth factors on the urogenital sinus of embryonic rats were investigated and it was found that 8 hour-treatment in the beginning of 5-day cultivation with the epidermal growth factor (EGF) or transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) can provoke prostatic bud formation, in the medium deprived of androgens.