Growth factors and their receptors in cell differentiation, cancer and cancer therapy /
G.V. Sherbet.
- 1st ed.
- London ; Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2011.
- xix, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Convergence of growth-factor signalling pathways in developmental systems and pathogenesis -- Growth factor families -- Growth factors in differentiation and morphogenesis -- Vascular endothelial growth factor -- Hepatocyte growth factor -- Platelet-derived growth factor family -- Nerve growth factors -- Insulin-like growth factors -- Connective tissue growth factors -- Thrombospondins -- Cytokines -- Growth factor and hedgehog signalling pathways meet in developmental systems -- Epidermal growth factors and their signalling systems -- Epidermal growth factor (EFG) family -- Fibroblast growth factor family -- Intracellular receptor building growth factors -- Androgens and androgen receptors in development, differentiation and neoplasia -- Vitamin D₃ in cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation -- Retinoids in development and pattern formation -- Oestrogens and progesterone in normal physiology and neoplasia -- Glucocorticoid signalling in normal and aberrant physiology.