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Preferred term

Platelet-Derived Growth Factor  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Platelet Derived Growth Factor

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V4MB31NS-4

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