Growth inhibition and morphologic modulation of human fibroblastlike cells by erythromycin
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In vitro exposures of mass cultures and clones of human diploid fibroblastlike cells to erythromycin, in concentrations of 50 to 400 μg/ml, result in increasing degrees of growth inhibition and augmented cell volume, with a shift toward larger proportions of cells of the epithelioid type and fewer of the fibroblast type. These alterations were reversed upon subculture in the absence of the antibiotic.
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erythromycin phenotypic modulation human fibroblastlike cells growthPreview
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