Takashi Muramatsu

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus
review 2010
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences ·doi:10.2183/pjab.86.410

Midkine is a heparin-binding cytokine or a growth factor with a molecular weight of 13 kDa. Midkine binds to oversulfated structures in heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate. The midkine receptor is a molecular complex containing proteogl…

other 2005
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh720

BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted to assess whether midkine (MK), a multifunctional molecule known to stimulate tumor growth, may be involved in the development of endometriosis. METHODS: The mitogenic activity of MK on cultured …