… , wound healing, tissue homoeostasis/regeneration and metabolism.1, 2 There are 23
FGF (FGF-1–23) ligands in mammals, which are capable of binding to fibroblast growth factor …

… Conclusions Our findings indicate that leptin is important for CRC growth in obesity, and
acts as a growth factor for CRC at stages subsequent to tumour initiation in colorectal …

… of the prosurvival characteristics of these growth factor pathways is still evolving, the impact
that growth factors such a epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-β can be …

… cells, primarily because of their ability to regulate the function and the trafficking of growth
factor receptors and integrins. This has important implications for our understanding of …

… This partly reflects the increased release of FGFs: as tumours invade and degrade the
extracellular matrix FGF is liberated 4 , freeing it to function as a paracrine growth factor. Tumour …

… are molecules from the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and the transforming growth factor-p
(TGF… growth factor (VEGF) and angiostatin. The nature of the tumour angiogenesis factor is not …

… An example of modulation of cell behaviour by altering the environment but without growth
factor addition or gene modification is the observation [42] that the phenotype expressed by …

… There are several potential mediators of tumour angiogenesis, including basic and acidic
fibroblast growth factors, tumour necrosis factor-a and transforming factors-a and -('*. But it is …

… the stimulatory effects of injuries on tumour progression can be attributed to a … key growth
factors that are found in healing wounds and exert a major stimulatory effect on tumour growth. …

… Summary Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important factor mediating tumour
… tumours (stage pTa and pT1) contrasting with low expression in muscle invasive tumours (…