| | Interleukin-10 Is a Mesangial Cell Growth Factor In Vitro and In Vivo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | As macrophages are known to produce interleukin-10 (IL-10), we investigated the effect of recombinant murine IL-10 (rIL-10) on mesangial cell growth. |
 | | These cells exhibited a dose-dependent proliferative response to rIL-10 (23 % to 70 % at 80 ng/mL; p < 0.01), as assessed by both 3H thymidine uptake and cell count. |
 | | Rat mesangial cells were also shown to express IL-10 mRNA and protein, as determined by Northern blotting and immunostaining, thereby suggesting a role for IL-10 in autocrine mesangial cell growth. |
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