: a polypeptide hormone that stimulates cell proliferation
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Her lab results came back positive for an EGFR mutation, which is a change in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene that affects how cells grow and divide and may increase cancer spread in the body.—Hannah Harper, Health, 14 June 2025 Key Ingredients: Retinol, epidermal growth factor, allantoin, ectoin Size: 1.01 fl. oz.—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025 Globally, in 2020, over 2.3 million new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed, of which 70% were a subtype known as estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2–).—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025 The deep-conditioning sheet mask uses epidermal growth factors to even out the skin tone and boost radiance.—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025 So a good example is a subtype of lung cancer, which is driven by a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor, or EGFR.—quantamagazine.org, 15 Oct. 2024 Seen in over 60% of NSCLC cases, KRAS, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and ERBB2 are the most common genes involved.—Mark Gurarie, Health, 26 Sep. 2024 In 2023, one particular growth factor took center stage: epidermal growth factor (EGF).—Photographed By Kristine Romano., refinery29.com, 6 Feb. 2024 Air pollution may also lead to genetic changes such that Asian patients have some of the highest rates of the cancer-causing epidermal growth factor receptor mutation, which leads healthy cells to divide uncontrollably and grow into tumors.—Simar Bajaj, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
: a polypeptide hormone that stimulates cell proliferation especially of epithelial cells by binding to receptor proteins on the cell surface—abbreviation EGF
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