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Preferred term

Midkine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A developmentally regulated, HEPARIN-binding secreted growth factor homologous to pleiotrophin (PTN). It regulates cell proliferation through its interaction with ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE (ALK) and is involved in the formation of NEOINTIMA following arterial injury.

Synonym(s)

  • 137497-38-2
  • Amphiregulin-Associated Protein
  • Cytokine MK

In other languages

  • French

  • 137497-38-2
  • Cytokine MK
  • Protéine associée à l'amphiréguline

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M7SDF5VB-0

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