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A human colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-producing tumor transplanted into athymic nude mice released retroviruses in vitro. The viruses induced CSF activity in human fibroblastic cell lines.
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Okabe, T., Hirashima, K., Terasima, T. et al. Retroviruses released from a human tumor xenograft in nude mice induce colony-stimulating factor (CSF) activity in human fibroblastic cells. Experientia 40, 982–984 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946470
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