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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An EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR related protein that is found in a variety of tissues including EPITHELIUM, and maternal DECIDUA. It is synthesized as a transmembrane protein which can be cleaved to release a soluble active form which binds to the EGF RECEPTOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D016211
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.382.750 D12.644.276.963.360 D12.776.467.382.750 D12.776.467.960.360 D23.529.382.750 D23.529.960.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Transforming Growth Factor alpha- Transforming Growth Factor alpha
- TGF-alpha
- TGFalpha
- Epidermal Growth Factor-Related Transforming Growth Factor
- Epidermal Growth Factor Related Transforming Growth Factor
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Genetic variation in the transforming growth factor-ß-signaling pathway, lifestyle factors, and risk of colon or rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 May; 55(5):532-40.