Title: fibroblast growth factor
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - fibroblast growth factor
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10720
Status: current

Definition
Any member of a family of more than twenty protein growth factors involved in angiogenesis, wound healing, and, in early embryonic development, induction of mesoderm, patterning and morphogenesis, and development of the limbs and brain.

Related Terms
- angiogenesis: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10397
- growth factors: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10782
- mesoderm: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10944
- morphogenesis: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10973
- sonic hedgehog: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11232

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 755 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10720/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10720/xml

Citation: Citation: 'fibroblast growth factor' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10720
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