Maria Kolanczyk (Brand, TUD)-- «Signaling mechanisms and developmental function of fibroblast growth factor receptors in zebrafish» (2009) (dresden-ipp.de)
It spurred the fastest growth of fibroblast cells, with 17 per cent more cells formed after six days as in a control culture. (newscientist.com)
They also found that antibodies from Graves patients activated IGF - 1 receptors in fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis patients (and vice versa), triggering chemokine production and T cell migration. (sciencemag.org)