Chemicals and Drugs

Transforming Growth Factors

Hormonally active polypeptides that can induce the transformed phenotype when added to normal, non-transformed cells. They have been found in culture fluids from retrovirally transformed cells and in tumor-derived cells as well as in non-neoplastic sources. Their transforming activities are due to the simultaneous action of two otherwise unrelated factors, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA and TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.

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Hormonally active polypeptides that can induce the transformed phenotype when added to normal, non-transformed cells. They have been found in culture fluids from retrovirally transformed cells and in tumor-derived cells as well as in non-neoplastic sources. Their transforming activities are due to the simultaneous action of two otherwise unrelated factors, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA and TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.

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  • Transforming Growth Factor
  • Factor, Transforming Growth
  • Factors, Transforming Growth
  • Growth Factor, Transforming
  • Growth Factors, Transforming

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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  • Growth Substances (1966-1988)
  • Peptides (1966-1988)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Transforming Growth Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015291. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015291
  2. Transforming Growth Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transforming_growth_factor
  3. Transforming Growth Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423671