"Epiregulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family of peptide growth factors that is synthesized as a transmembrane protein which can be cleaved to release a soluble active form. Epiregulin has specificity for the EGF RECEPTOR and the ERBB-4 RECEPTOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D066260
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.382.562 D12.776.467.382.562 D23.529.382.562
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epiregulin" by people in Profiles.
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The dichotomous role of epiregulin in pain. Pain. 2020 05; 161(5):1052-1064.
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Autocrine epiregulin activates EGFR pathway for lung metastasis via EMT in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016 May 03; 7(18):25251-63.
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Human oocyte maturation is dependent on LH-stimulated accumulation of the epidermal growth factor-like growth factor, amphiregulin. Hum Reprod. 2010 Oct; 25(10):2569-78.