NALT

Preferred term

placental growth factor

Chemical

An angiogenic protein belonging to the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor family of growth factors originally isolated and cloned from human placental cDNA library. There are four isoforms of PLGF 1-4 which result from alternative splicing. Placenta Growth Factor is secreted as a glycosylated homodimer which acts as a mitogen for endothelial cells, and its expression is markedly upregulated during hypoxia and in tissue inflammation and cancer.

angiogenesis

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

83229

Spanish

factor de crecimiento placentario

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/308277

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Created 9/12/17, last modified 11/22/17