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“The high‐affinity oligosaccharides (hexa‐ to decasaccharides) potentiated the mitogenic activity of aFGF , as measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA of human fibroblasts.”
Journal of cellular physiology • 1989 | View Paper
“These results indicate that both size and sulfation of a heparin-derived oligosaccharide contribute to its ability to interact with aFGF and/or endothelial cells and that this interaction is independent of anticoagulant activity.”