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Main Entry: platelet–derived growth factor
Function: noun
: a mitogenic growth factor that is found especially in platelets, consists of two polypeptide chainslinked by bonds containing two sulfur atoms each, stimulates cell proliferation (as in connective tissue, smooth muscle, and neuroglia), and plays a role in wound healing —abbreviationPDGF
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platelet-derived growth factor n.
A substance in platelets that is mitogenic for cells at the site of a wound, causing endothelial proliferation.

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