Genetic control of variation in human gingival fibroblast proliferation rate
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- DOI: 10.1007/BF02628463
Genetic control of variation in human gingival fibroblast proliferation rate
Abstract
Logarithmic proliferation rate (Days 1 to 6) of gingival fibroblasts derived from 15 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 9 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) human twins was compared under optimal and suboptimal growth conditions. Cell proliferation rates exhibited considerable variability among strains. For Caucasian donors (13 MZ, 6 DZ pairs) DZ twins demonstrated significantly greater (P less than 0.01) within-pair variance in cell proliferation rate compared to MZ twins when evaluated under optimal growth conditions. Heritability analysis indicated strong genetic control of proliferation rate of human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) under optimal growth conditions (1.0 +/- 0.67), whereas proliferation rate of HGF under suboptimal growth conditions revealed less genetic control (0.42 +/- 0.61). These findings emphasize the importance of carefully matching control and test HGF in assays dependent on cellular proliferation.
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