Structural basis for fibroblast growth factor receptor activation

M Mohammadi, SK Olsen, OA Ibrahimi - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
FGF signaling plays a ubiquitous role in human biology as a regulator of embryonic
development, homeostasis and regenerative processes. In addition, aberrant FGF signaling …

The heparan sulfate–fibroblast growth factor family: diversity of structure and function

WL McKeehan, F Wang, M Kan - Progress in nucleic acid research and …, 1997 - Elsevier
The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor complex is a ubiquitous regulator of development
and adult tissue homeostasis that bridges the peri-cellular matrix and the intracellular …

Exploring mechanisms of FGF signalling through the lens of structural biology

R Goetz, M Mohammadi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) mediate a broad range of functions in both the developing
and adult organism. The accumulated wealth of structural information on the FGF signalling …

Divalent cations and heparin/heparan sulfate cooperate to control assembly and activity of the fibroblast growth factor receptor complex

M Kan, F Wang, M Kan, B To, JL Gabriel… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
Polypeptides of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family are ubiquitous bioregulators within
tissues whose activity is controlled by heparan sulfates within the pericellular matrix. FGF …

Diversity does make a difference: fibroblast growth factor-heparin interactions

S Faham, RJ Linhardt, DC Rees - Current opinion in structural biology, 1998 - Elsevier
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are members of a protein family with a broad range of
biological activities. The best characterized FGFs interact with two distinct extracellular …

Molecular mechanisms of fibroblast growth factor signaling in physiology and pathology

AA Belov, M Mohammadi - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) signal in a paracrine or endocrine fashion to mediate a
myriad of biological activities, ranging from issuing developmental cues, maintaining tissue …

Role of heparan sulfate in fibroblast growth factor signalling: a structural view

L Pellegrini - Current opinion in structural biology, 2001 - Elsevier
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are among the best-studied heparin-binding proteins, and
heparan sulfate proteoglycans regulate FGF signalling by direct molecular association with …

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors share structural but not functional homology with FGFs

SK Olsen, M Garbi, N Zampieri, AV Eliseenkova… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) interact with heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans and the
extracellular domains of FGF cell surface receptors (FGFRs) to trigger receptor activation …

Towards a resolution of the stoichiometry of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF)–FGF receptor–heparin complex

NJ Harmer, LL Ilag, B Mulloy, L Pellegrini… - Journal of molecular …, 2004 - Elsevier
The 22 members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family have been implicated in cell
proliferation, differentiation, survival, and migration. They are required for both development …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structures of two FGF-FGFR complexes reveal the determinants of ligand-receptor specificity

AN Plotnikov, SR Hubbard, J Schlessinger… - Cell, 2000 - cell.com
To elucidate the structural determinants governing specificity in fibroblast growth factor
(FGF) signaling, we have determined the crystal structures of FGF1 and FGF2 complexed …