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. 1990 Aug;88:251–253. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9088251

Growth control in mammalian cells by cell-cell contacts.

R J Wieser 1, D Renauer 1, A Schäfer 1, R Heck 1, R Engel 1, S Schütz 1, F Oesch 1
PMCID: PMC1567996  PMID: 2272319

Abstract

Growth of normal diploid mammalian cells in vitro is strongly regulated by the actual cell density. Cell-cell contacts via specific plasma membrane glycoproteins whose glycan moieties interact with specific receptors has been found to be a main growth regulatory principle. Malignant growth is suggested to result from impaired function of these receptors.

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