Cytokine/Chemokine/Growth Factor Profiles Contribute to Understanding the Pathogenesis of the Salivary Gland Dysfunction in Euthyroid Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Patients by K. Morawska, M. Maciejczyk, S. Zięba, Ł. Popławski, A. Kita-Popławska, J. Krętowski, A. Zalewska

“…We also assessed the relationship between the levels of selected cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) and the rate of UWS secretion and symptoms of xerostomia in HT patients. …”
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Ultrasound Microbubbles Enhance the Neuroprotective Effect of Mouse Nerve Growth Factor on Intraocular Hypertension-Induced Neuroretina Damage in Rabbits by Xiaoli Shen, Lina Huang, Dahui Ma, Jun Zhao, Yi Xie, Qiang Li, Aineng Zeng, Kun Zeng, Ruyin Tian, Tianfu Wang, Siping Chen

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Feasibility of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Imaging in Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Zr-Bevacizumab Positron Emission Tomography by Reza Golestani, Clark J. Zeebregts, Anton G.T. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Marjolijn N. Lub-de Hooge, Gooitzen M. van Dam, Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans, Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx, René A. Tio, Albert J.H. Suurmeijer, Hendrikus H. Boersma, Wouter B. Nagengast, Riemer H.J.A. Slart

“…Imaging with radiolabeled bevacizumab, a monoclonal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, can depict VEGF levels corresponding to the angiogenic status in tumors. …”
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Diagnostic Effectiveness of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 in Assessing the Risk of Developing Graft Dysfunction in Liver Recipient Children by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, A. G. Olefirenko, O. E. Gichkun, L. V. Makarova, R. A. Monakhov, P. O. Shevchenko

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Chitosan nanoparticle loaded by epidermal growth factor as a potential protein carrier for wound healing: In vitro and in vivo studies by Samaneh Montazeri, Ali Rastegari, Zohreh Mohammadi, Mahboobeh Nazari, Maryam Yousefi, Fatemeh Yazdi Samadi, Somayeh Najafzadeh, Mehdi Aghsami

“…Abstract Epidermal growth factor (EGF) can be efficiently used in wound healing process; but the main obstacle of its clinical use is its susceptibility to proteolysis and maintaining its effective concentration in the site of action. …”
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Association between Sarcopenia and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1, Myostatin, and Insulin Resistance in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Novira Widajanti, SoebagijoAdi Soelistijo, Usman Hadi, Mochammad Thaha, null Aditiawardana, null Widodo, Hadiq Firdausi, YafanitaIzzati Nurina, MiraDelima Asikin, Hersih Srinowati, NoerHalimatus Syakdiyah

“…This study aims to investigate the correlation of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels as an anabolic factor, myostatin levels, and insulin resistance as catabolic factors with sarcopenia in the pathogenesis of sarcopenia in elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis. …”
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Multi-sequence MRI-based nomogram for prediction of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in breast cancer by Mengyi Shen, Li Zhang, Dingyi Zhang, Xin He, Nian Liu, Xiaohua Huang

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Activation of TMEM16E scramblase induces ligand independent growth factor receptor signaling and macropinocytosis for membrane repair by Jung-Eun Kim, Woori Ko, Siwoo Jin, Jin-Nyeong Woo, Yuna Jung, Inah Bae, Han-Kyoung Choe, Daeha Seo, Bertil Hille, Byung-Chang Suh

“…This scramblase externalizes phosphatidylserine, typically linked to resting growth factor receptors. We demonstrate that TMEM16E can interact with and signal through growth factor receptors, including epidermal growth factor receptor, even without ligands. …”
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Proposed reference intervals of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels in older Japanese populations by Tsuyoshi Isojima, Akira Shimatsu

Subjects: “…insulin-like growth factor-1…”
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Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 mutation promotes HSPB6-mediated cuproptosis in hypochondroplasia by impairing chondrocyte autophagy by Jing Chen, Dan He, Chengrun Yuan, Na Li, Baohong Shi, Conway Niu, Jiangfei Yang, Liangkai Zheng, Lin Che, Ren Xu

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Monocytes Exhibit High Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Secretion, Augmenting Tumor Progression by Carolina Cubillos-Zapata, Enrique Hernández-Jiménez, José Avendaño-Ortiz, Victor Toledano, Anibal Varela-Serrano, Isabel Fernández-Navarro, Raquel Casitas, Carlos Carpio, Luis A. Aguirre, Francisco García-Río, Eduardo López-Collazo

“…Moreover, these cells under IH polarize toward a tumor-promoting phenotype in a HIF1α-dependent manner and influence tumor growth via vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Monocytes from patients with OSA increased the tumor-induced microenvironment and exhibited an impaired cytotoxicity in a 3D tumor in vitro model as a result of the increased HIF1α secretion. …”
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Clinical Observation on Children with Peripheral Facial Paralysis Treated by Acupoint Injection of Mouse Nerve Growth Factor Combined with Acupuncture by Mian KONG, Wei LIU, Zhihua YU, Ming FANG

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Erythromycin and clarithromycin modulation of growth factor-induced expression of heparanase mRNA on human lung cancer cells in vitro by Masahiro Sasaki, Takefumi Ito, Masayuki Kashima, Shin Fukui, Noriko Izumiyama, Akiko Watanabe, Masaaki Sano, Yosimasa Fujiwara, Mamoru Miura

“…We investigated the effect of three growth factors, plateletderived growth factor (PDGF), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), on heparanase mRNA induction in lung cancer cells in vitro. …”
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Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso by S. Kouanda, B. Doulougou, V. De Coninck, L. Habimana, B. Sondo, R. Tonglet, J. M. Ketelslegers, A. Robert

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Efficacy of Human-Recombinant Epidermal Growth Factor Combined with Povidone-Iodine for Pressure Ulcers and Its Influence on Inflammatory Cytokines by Zunjiang Zhao, Dalun Lv, Baode Zhang, Liu Yong, Rongtao Zhang, Xiukun Wang

“…To determine the clinical efficacy of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rh-EGF) combined with povidone-iodine (PVI) on patients with pressure ulcers (PUs). …”
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Fibroblast growth factor 21 predicts arteriovenous fistula functional patency loss and mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by Xinhui Hu, Hong Ding, Qing Wei, Ruoxin Chen, Weiting Zhao, Liqiong Jiang, Jing Wang, Haifei Liu, Jingyuan Cao, Hong Liu, Bin Wang

Subjects: “…Fibroblast growth factor 21…”
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Choroidal Vascularity Index as a Biomarker for Visual Response to Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment in Diabetic Macular Edema by Ningxin Dou, Shanshan Yu, Ching-Kit Tsui, Boyu Yang, Jianqiang Lin, Xi Lu, Yue Xu, Benjuan Wu, Jinfeng Zhao, Xiaoling Liang

“…To investigate the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) as a prognostic factor for the visual efficacy of antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment in diabetic macular edema (DME). …”
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Evaluation of serum levels of all the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β 1-3) isoforms in asthmatic patients by Marcelina Koćwin, Mateusz Jonakowski, Alicja Majos, Janusz Szemraj, Piotr Kuna, Michał Panek

Subjects: “…transforming growth factor β…”
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The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up by Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć, Dominika Nieszpór, Natalia Serwin, Ewa Pius Sadowska, Marta Gliźniewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Karol Serwin, Anna Michalczyk, Marta Budkowska, Małgorzata Goszka, Aleksandra Polikowska, Radosław Birger, Bogusław Machaliński, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…Platelets are the first to reach the site of tissue damage and secrete substances like platelet growth factors (GFs), which perform many different functions in the human body. …”
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Regulation of Osteogenic Differentiation of Placental-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Low Oxygen Tension by Amer Youssef, Victor K. M. Han

“…Placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) are multipotent cells that can differentiate in vitro to multiple lineages, including bone. Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs, IGF-1 and IGF-2) participate in maintaining growth, survival, and differentiation of many stem cells, including osteoprogenitors. …”
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