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Facts about Platelet-derived growth factor subunit B.
Required for normal proliferation and recruitment of pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells in the central nervous system, skin, lung, heart and placenta. Required for normal blood vessel growth, and for normal development of kidney glomeruli.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PDGFB |
Uniprot: | P01127 |
Entrez: | 5155 |
Belongs to: |
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PDGF/VEGF growth factor family |
PDGFBB; PDGF-BB
Mass (kDA):
27.283 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 22q13.1 |
Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (39223359..39244982, complement) |
Expressed at high levels in the heart, brain (sustantia nigra), placenta and fetal kidney. Expressed at moderate levels in the brain (hippocampus), skeletal muscle, kidney and lung.
Secreted. Released by platelets upon wounding.
PMID: 6740330 by Josephs S.F., et al. Transforming potential of human c-sis nucleotide sequences encoding platelet-derived growth factor.
PMID: 4033772 by Collins T., et al. Cultured human endothelial cells express platelet-derived growth factor B chain: cDNA cloning and structural analysis.
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