Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
"Platelet-Derived Growth Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Mitogenic peptide growth hormone carried in the alpha-granules of platelets. It is released when platelets adhere to traumatized tissues. Connective tissue cells near the traumatized region respond by initiating the process of replication.
| Descriptor ID |
D010982
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.910 D12.776.124.625 D12.776.467.910 D23.529.910
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| Concept/Terms |
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
- Factor, Platelet-Derived Growth
- Growth Factor, Platelet-Derived
- Platelet Derived Growth Factor
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Zhang X, Reinsvold P, Thibeault DW, Ekekezie II, Rezaiekhaligh M, Mabry SM, Buch S, Truog WE. Responses of pulmonary platelet-derived growth factor peptides and receptors to hyperoxia and nitric oxide in piglet lungs. Pediatr Res. 2005 Apr; 57(4):523-9.
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M?ller R, Bravo R, Burckhardt J, Curran T. Induction of c-fos gene and protein by growth factors precedes activation of c-myc. Nature. 1984 Dec 20-1985 Jan 2; 312(5996):716-20.