Transforming Growth Factor alpha
"Transforming Growth Factor alpha" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Factor isolated in a variety of tissues including epithelium, and maternal decidua. It is closely related to EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR and binds to the EGF receptor. TGF-alpha acts synergistically with TGF-beta in inducing phenotypic transformation, but its physiological role is unknown.
| Descriptor ID |
D016211
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.963.700 D12.776.467.960.700 D23.529.960.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Transforming Growth Factor alpha- Transforming Growth Factor alpha
- TGFalpha
- Epidermal Growth Factor-Related Transforming Growth Factor
- Epidermal Growth Factor Related Transforming Growth Factor
- TGF-alpha
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transforming Growth Factor alpha" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Manzanares M?, Usui A, Campbell DJ, Dumur CI, Maldonado GT, Fausther M, Dranoff JA, Sirica AE. Transforming Growth Factors a and ? Are Essential for Modeling Cholangiocarcinoma Desmoplasia and Progression in a Three-Dimensional Organotypic Culture Model. Am J Pathol. 2017 May; 187(5):1068-1092.