Do all-trans and 9-cis retinoic acid alter rat hepatic stellate cell phenotype differentially?
Results showed that ATRA and 9RA exert different, often contrary effects on activated stellate cells. These observations may explain prior divergent results obtained following retinoid administration to cultured stellate cells or in animals subjected to fibrogenic stimuli.
These data suggest a novel function of ADAM-12m in chondrocyte proliferation and cloning in OA cartilage through enhanced bioavailability of IGF-1 from the IGF-1-IGFBP-5 complex by selective IGFBP-5 digestion.