Definition of PDGF

1. Abbreviation. (abbreviation of platelet-derived growth factor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of PDGF

1. The major mitogen in serum for growth in culture of cells of connective tissue origin. It consists of 2 different but homologous polypeptides A and B (~30,000 D) linked by disulphide bonds. Believed to play a role in wound healing. It is carried in the alpha-granules of platelets and is released when platelets adhere to traumatised tissues. Connective tissue cells near the traumatised region respond by initiating the process of replication. The B chain is almost identical in sequence to p28sis, the transforming protein of simian sarcoma virus, that can transform only those cells that express receptors for platelet derived growth factor, suggesting that transformation is caused by autocrine stimulation. The receptor is a tyrosine kinase. Acronym: PDGF (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of PDGF

PC board
PCness
PD
PDA
PDAs
PDB
PDC
PDCA
PDD
PDD-NOS
PDE
PDE4D3 phosphodiesterase
PDF
PDFLP
PDFs
PDGF (current term)
PDGFs
PDI
PDL
PDLC
PDLCs
PDLL
PDM
PDMS
PDQ
PDR
PDS
PDT
PDU
PE

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