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Fibroblast Growth Factor

Known as: Fibroblast Growth Regulatory Factor, DNA Synthesis Factor, Endothelial Cell Growth Factor 
A family of small polypeptide growth factors that share several common features including a strong affinity for HEPARIN, and a central barrel-shaped… 
National Institutes of Health

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Angiogenic ProcessCell Differentiation processExtracellular SpaceFGF1 gene

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FGF12 protein, humanFGF19 protein, humanFGF20 protein, humanFibroblast Growth Factor 1, human

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Growth FactorGrowth SubstancesPeptides

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Fibroblast growth factor signalling: from development to cancer
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and their receptors control a wide range of biological functions, regulating cellular… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Factors Affecting Wound Healing
Wound healing, as a normal biological process in the human body, is achieved through four precisely and highly programmed phases… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Fibroblast growth factor 21 corrects obesity in mice.
Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a metabolic regulator that provides efficient and durable glycemic and lipid control in… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Fibroblast growth factors
SummaryFibroblast growth factors (FGFs) make up a large family of polypeptide growth factors that are found in organisms ranging… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Fibroblast growth factors, their receptors and signaling.
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are small polypeptide growth factors, all of whom share in common certain structural… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) and branching morphogenesis in the embryonic mouse lung.
During mouse lung morphogenesis, the distal mesenchyme regulates the growth and branching of adjacent endoderm. We report here… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins: biological actions.
I. Introduction THE insulin-like growth factors were discovered on the basis of their ability to stimulate cartilage sulfation… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Requirement of heparan sulfate for bFGF-mediated fibroblast growth and myoblast differentiation
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) binds to heparan sulfate proteoglycans at the cell surface and to receptors with tyrosine… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Vascular endothelial growth factor is a secreted angiogenic mitogen.
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was purified from media conditioned by bovine pituitary folliculostellate cells (FC… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Endothelial cell-derived basic fibroblast growth factor: synthesis and deposition into subendothelial extracellular matrix.
Bovine aortic and corneal endothelial cells synthesize a growth factor that remains mostly cell-associated but can also be… 
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