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ea0007p32 | Cytokines and growth factors | BES2004

Urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) associated proteins: isolation and characterisation by peptide identification mass spectrometry

Iles R , Malatos S , Butler S , Neubert H , Kicman A

Proteins associated with pregnancy urine and urinary-derived hCG preparations have been associated with stimulation of Candida albicans, induction of apoptosis in Kaposi's sarcoma, and inhibition of HIV replication. The active components have been previously reported to be 18 kDa, 15-30 kDa and 2-4 kDa proteins, and suggested in one study to be a ribonuclease (1).The urinary hCG preparation CG-10 (supplied by Sigma Chemical Company Ltd) is known to be pa...