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The effects of PGs on cell proliferation and collagen production have been widely studied in different cell types [ 13 14 15 16 17 26 ] . TXA 2 has been studied extensively because of its apparent role in atherosclerosis, due to its prothrombotic and mitogenic activities on vascular smooth muscle cells [ 15 16 ] . These mitogenic effects are potentiated by growth factors [ 15 16 27 28 ] . In vascular smooth muscle cells TXA 2 stimulates synthesis of bFGF and increases the expression of the proto-oncogenes c-fos , c-myc , and egr-1 , which are associated with entry into the cell growth cycle [ 15 ] . In addition, TXA 2 increases proliferation of fibroblasts [ 13 ] and smooth muscle-like glomerular mesangial cells [ 14 ] .