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Fibroblast Growth Factor 8

"Fibroblast Growth Factor 8" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A fibroblast growth factor that preferentially activates FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4. It was initially identified as an androgen-induced growth factor and plays a role in regulating growth of human BREAST NEOPLASMS and PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS.


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Bar chart showing 22 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2004 and 2009 and 2016
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