Basic fibroblast growth factor from human keratinocytes is a natural mitogen for melanocytes.
Halaban R, Langdon R, Birchall N, Cuono C, Baird A, Scott G, Moellmann G, McGuire J. Basic fibroblast growth factor from human keratinocytes is a natural mitogen for melanocytes. Journal Of Cell Biology 1988, 107: 1611-1619. PMID: 2459134, PMCID: PMC2115244, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.107.4.1611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasic fibroblast growth factorFibroblast growth factorBFGF gene transcriptsHuman melanocytesGrowth factorNormal human melanocytesNatural mitogenHuman keratinocytesGene transcriptsNatural growth factorsNorthern blotMelanocyte mitogensMelanocyte growthMelanocytesPure culturePresence of serumMitogenSynthetic peptidesKeratinocytesCellsCAMPTranscriptsPresence of keratinocytesBindingBlot