Kevin G. Peters (Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.): "Members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family are powerful regulators of cell ...

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) is an atypical member of the FGF family. It act as an endocrine hormone which affects energy balance. In humans FGF-21 was correlated with obesity. The ...

Ischemic stroke is a fatal condition caused by an arterial embolism that blocks the blood flow through the cerebral artery, frequently being a cause of mortality and disability. Fibroblast growth ...

A recently discovered growth factor seems to have a surprisingly prominent role in the regulation of glucose metabolism and may offer a valuable therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetes ...

FGF basic is a member of the FGF family ... Its specific activity is >2.50 × 10 6 IU/mg, calibrated against the Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor WHO International Standard (NIBSC code: 90/712 ...

A group of scientists led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Christopher Morrison has discovered that the hormone fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) plays an influential role in brain ...