TGF-beta activity assays

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In artikeltje  <52dggo$jna at sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>,  26 Sep 1996 08:56:56 GMT,  
un691cs at genius.embnet.dkfz-heidelberg.de  zei:...
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>Hello,
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>we are working with on a relatively new member of the tgf-beta superfamily. 
>For this project, I am interested to find as many 
>activity assays for tgf-beta's as possible, so that we can begin
>to figure out what possible activities of our factor may be.
> 
>Could you either point me to cell lines that react to 
>a broad range of tgf-betas, or to more literature on this topic ?
>I am not looking for assays for tgf-beta 1-5 exclusively,
>but especially/also for assays for other superfamily members.
>In this respect I have heard that Abé and Rifkin have constructed 
>a mink epithelium cell line, reactive to TGF beta 1-5. 
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>Do you perhaps have an interesting cell line that we could use ?
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>Thanking you in advance. 
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>Clemens Suter-Crazzolara
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