A novel hematopoietic granulin induces proliferation of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) macrophages.
AuthorsHanington PC, Barreda DR, Belosevic M,
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID16473876
'Granulins are a group of highly conserved growth factors that have been described from a variety of organisms spanning the metazoa. In this study, goldfish granulin was one of the most commonly identified transcripts in the differential cross-screening of macrophage cDNA libraries and was preferentially expressed in proliferating macrophages. Unlike ... More