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An organic molecule that stimulates cell proliferation when it binds to its cellsurface receptor. Often synonymously termed ‘cytokine’. | An organic molecule that stimulates cell proliferation when it binds to its cellsurface receptor. Often synonymously termed ‘cytokine’. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:31, 7 September 2021
An organic molecule that stimulates cell proliferation when it binds to its cellsurface receptor. Often synonymously termed ‘cytokine’.
(Adapted from ICRP Publication 131, 2015)
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Previous glossary entries
from ICRP Publication 118, 2012
A serum protein that stimulates cell division when it binds to its cell surface receptor.
from ICRP Publication 103, 2007
Molecules that act to control cell reproduction and proliferation/differentiation of a population of cells.
