title: Platelet-derived growth factor--a growth factor with an expanding role in health and disease.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is the principal mitogen for connective tissue-derived cells such as fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, and glial cells. It is synthesized by a variety of cell types and the synthesis of PDGF and its receptors is tightly controlled. Accumulating evidence obtained in vitro and in vivo suggests that PDGF plays important roles in the pathogenesis of clinically important diseases such as atherogenesis and cancer. Moreover, PDGF is an important research tool to study the signal transmission pathway of growth factors and other hormones.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Abteilung Endokrinologie-Stoffwechsel, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Habenicht
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salbach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Janssen-Timmen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blattner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schettler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor