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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Fibroblast Growth Factors > Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Fibroblast Growth Factors > Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Fibroblast Growth Factors > Fibroblast Growth Factor 8

Preferred term

Fibroblast Growth Factor 8  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Androgen Induced Growth Factor
  • Androgen-Induced Growth Factor
  • Growth Factor, Androgen-Induced

Scope note

  • A fibroblast growth factor that preferentially activates FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4. It was initially identified as an androgen-induced growth factor and plays a role in regulating growth of human BREAST NEOPLASMS and PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS.

History note

  • 2006(1992)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051524

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