The PDGF/PDGFR pathway as a drug target

N Papadopoulos, J Lennartsson - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF) promotes cell proliferation, survival and migration,
primarily of cells of mesenchymal origin. Dysfunction of PDGF signaling has been observed …

PDGF signaling pathway in hepatic fibrosis pathogenesis and therapeutics

HZ Ying, Q Chen, WY Zhang… - Molecular …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
The platelet-derived growth factor (PDFG) signaling pathway exerts persistent activation in
response to a variety of stimuli and facilitates the progression of hepatic fibrosis. Since this …

Pericyte–fibroblast transition promotes tumor growth and metastasis

K Hosaka, Y Yang, T Seki, C Fischer, O Dubey… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Vascular pericytes, an important cellular component in the tumor microenvironment, are
often associated with tumor vasculatures, and their functions in cancer invasion and …

Extracellular proteolysis in cancer: Proteases, substrates, and mechanisms in tumor progression and metastasis

ES Radisky - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - jbc.org
A vast ensemble of extracellular proteins influences the development and progression of
cancer, shaped and reshaped by a complex network of extracellular proteases. These …

Natural killer cells control tumor growth by sensing a growth factor

AD Barrow, MA Edeling, V Trifonov, J Luo, P Goyal… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Many tumors produce platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-DD, which promotes cellular
proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, stromal reaction, and angiogenesis through …

Role of platelet-derived growth factors in physiology and medicine

J Andrae, R Gallini, C Betsholtz - Genes & development, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) and their receptors (PDGFRs) have served as
prototypes for growth factor and receptor tyrosine kinase function for more than 25 years …

Protein detection using proximity-dependent DNA ligation assays

S Fredriksson, M Gullberg, J Jarvius, C Olsson… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
The advent of in vitro DNA amplification has enabled rapid acquisition of genomic
information. We present here an analogous technique for protein detection, in which the …

Bioinformatics and drug discovery

X **a - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2017 - benthamdirect.com
Bioinformatic analysis can not only accelerate drug target identification and drug candidate
screening and refinement, but also facilitate characterization of side effects and predict drug …

The PDGF family: four gene products form five dimeric isoforms

L Fredriksson, H Li, U Eriksson - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) were discovered more than two decades ago.
Today the PDGF family of growth factors consists of five different disulphide-linked dimers …

[HTML][HTML] Reversal of experimental pulmonary hypertension by PDGF inhibition

RT Schermuly, E Dony, HA Ghofrani… - The Journal of clinical …, 2005 - jci.org
Progression of pulmonary hypertension is associated with increased proliferation and
migration of pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. PDGF is a potent mitogen and …