title: Roles of PDGF in animal development.
abstract: Recent advances in genetic manipulation have greatly expanded our understanding of cellular responses to platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) during animal development. In addition to driving mesenchymal proliferation, PDGFs have been shown to direct the migration, differentiation and function of a variety of specialized mesenchymal and migratory cell types, both during development and in the adult animal. Furthermore, the availability of genomic sequence data has facilitated the identification of novel PDGF and PDGF receptor (PDGFR) family members in C. elegans, Drosophila, Xenopus, zebrafish and mouse. Early data from these different systems suggest that some functions of PDGFs have been evolutionarily conserved.
authors.affiliation: Program in Developmental Biology and Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Renée V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A