Midkine is a heparin-binding cytokine or a growth factor with a molecular weight of 13 kDa.
Midkine binds to oversulfated structures in heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate. The …

Midkine (MK) is a pleiotropic growth factor prominently expressed during embryogenesis but
down‐regulated to neglible levels in healthy adults. Many published studies have …

Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) are two neurotrophic factors that are highly up‐
regulated in different brain regions after the administration of various drugs of abuse and in …

Midkine (MK) is a heparin-binding cytokine, and promotes growth, survival, migration and
other activities of target cells. After describing the general properties of MK, this review …

Aβ42 [amyloid-β peptide-(1–42)] plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease and is known to
have a detrimental effect on neuronal cell function and survival when assembled into an …

Midkine (MDK) is a neurotrophic growth factor highly expressed during embryogenesis with
important functions related to growth, proliferation, survival, migration, angiogenesis …

Since diagnosis at an early stage still remains a key issue for modern oncology and is
crucial for successful cancer therapy, development of sensitive, specific, and non-invasive …

A significant proportion of cytokines bind to glycosaminoglycans such as heparin.
Glycosaminoglycans are involved in signaling, stabilization and/or storage of these …

The aim of this study was to evaluate serum midkine (S-MK) concentrations as a prognostic
tumour marker in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). We measured S-MK …

The aims of this study were to investigate midkine (MK) expression patterns in salivary gland
tumors (SGTs) and to evaluate the correlation between MK expression and the degree of …