A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. In their study, published in Nature Immunology, the researchers found that the growth factor, HB-EGF, is produced in response to gut inflammation by...
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Scientists unravel the function of a sight-saving growth factor
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found in the light-sensing retina layer at the back of the eye. The peptides might someday be used to treat degenerative retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study published in the Journal of...
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Aging-US: Growth factor beta type 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 transcription complex
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: Proposed mechanism of the regulation of galectin-9 expression in human cancer and embryonic stage at low and normal oxygen availability stages. The figure depicts the key processes taking place in embryonic development and malignant tumour growth during the initial low oxygen availability (hypoxic) stage and later (normal oxygen availability) stages. The...