Growth factors regulating normal and malignant melanocytes
Halaban R. Growth factors regulating normal and malignant melanocytes. Cancer Treatment And Research 1991, 54: 19-40. PMID: 1673857, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3938-4_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticCells, CulturedFibroblast Growth Factor 2Growth SubstancesHumansMelanocytesMelanomaOncogenesReference ValuesTransforming Growth FactorsConceptsEpidermal growth factorGrowth factor receptorV-erbEGF receptorFactor receptorGrowth factorStimulating factor receptorMacrophage-colony stimulating factor receptorEnvironmental growth factorsNormal human melanocytesRetroviral oncogenesCellular genesMitogenic signalsConstitutive activityHuman melanocytesNontransformed cellsRespective target cellsUnidentified ligandCell membraneGenesAberrant expressionNeoplastic transformationAutocrine loopNormal growthNormal cells