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High concentrations of HGF inhibit skeletal muscle satellite cell proliferation in vitro by inducing expression of myostatin: A possible mechanism for re-establishing satellite cell quiescence in vivo
A panel member who voted no on KPV put it plainly: Im voting on something here, but I dont know what that something is. The conflict of interest issue is real too