Transforming growth factor‐beta inhibits proliferation of human ovarian cancer cells obtained from ascites

Background. Previously, the authors found that immortalized ovarian cancer cell lines generally were resistant to the growth inhibitory effect of transforming growth factor‐β and frequently had lost the ability to produce or activate this growth factor. In this study, the authors examined whether early passage epithelial ovarian cancer cells obtained from ascites are growth‐inhibited by or produce transforming growth factor‐β.

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