Fig. 2.

BCM extracted for short time periods induces proliferation of ST2 cells. Proliferation rates of ST2 cells treated with BCM-RS or BCM-RS+S, which were extracted for different time periods as described in Fig. 1a, b, were assessed by BrdU incorporation into newly synthesized DNA immediately after plating (0 h), as well as at 24, 48, 72, and 96 h. Experimental values were normalized to the values of control (ctrl) cells treated with RS or RS+S at time point 0. Mean± standard deviations represent four independent experiments, and significant differences to the control cells (***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05) are shown