Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha" 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.
	
	
		
			
			
				A PDGF receptor that binds specifically to both PDGF-A chains and PDGF-B chains. It contains a protein-tyrosine kinase activity that is involved in SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D020796
						 | 			
					
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.900.500 D12.776.543.750.630.625.300 D12.776.543.750.750.400.630.300 
						 | 
					
					
						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha
 - Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha Receptor
 - Platelet Derived Growth Factor alpha Receptor
 - Antigens, CD140a
 - PDGFRalpha
 - PDGF-R-alpha
 - Receptor, PDGF alpha
 - CD140a Antigen
 - Antigen, CD140a
 - PDGFR2
 - PDGF alpha Receptor
 - CD140a Antigens
 
  
						 | 
					
					
				
			 
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha".
				
					
						- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
 - Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
 - Enzymes [D08.811]
 - Transferases [D08.811.913]
 - Phosphotransferases [D08.811.913.696]
 - Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) [D08.811.913.696.620]
 - Protein Kinases [D08.811.913.696.620.682]
 - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases [D08.811.913.696.620.682.725]
 - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases [D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400]
 - Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor [D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.900]
 - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha [D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.900.500]
 - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
 - Proteins [D12.776]
 - Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
 - Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
 - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases [D12.776.543.750.630]
 - Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor [D12.776.543.750.630.625]
 - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha [D12.776.543.750.630.625.300]
 - Receptors, Peptide [D12.776.543.750.750]
 - Receptors, Growth Factor [D12.776.543.750.750.400]
 - Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor [D12.776.543.750.750.400.630]
 - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha [D12.776.543.750.750.400.630.300]
 
					
				 
			 
			
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha".
				
			 
		 
	 
 
                                        
                                            
	
	
		
			
			
					
				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha" by people in this website by year, and whether "Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha" was a major or minor topic of these publications. 
				
					
                    To see the data from this visualization as text, 
click here. 
				 
                
		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 
                    To return to the timeline, 
click here.
                 
			 	
			
			
			
			
				Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha" by people in Profiles.
						
					
								- 
								
Clinical Activity of Ripretinib in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Harboring Heterogeneous KIT/PDGFRA Mutations in the Phase III INVICTUS Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 12 01; 27(23):6333-6342.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Avapritinib Versus Regorafenib in Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic GI Stromal Tumor: A Randomized, Open-Label Phase III Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021 10 01; 39(28):3128-3139.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Avapritinib in unresectable or metastatic PDGFRA D842V-mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumours: Long-term efficacy and safety data from the NAVIGATOR phase I trial. Eur J Cancer. 2021 03; 145:132-142.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Optimal Avapritinib Treatment Strategies for Patients with Metastatic or Unresectable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Oncologist. 2021 04; 26(4):e622-e631.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Secreted Protein Acidic and Cysteine Rich Matricellular Protein is Enriched in the Bioactive Fraction of the Human Vascular Pericyte Secretome. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2021 05 20; 34(15):1151-1164.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Circulating Tumor Cells and Biomarker Modulation with Olaratumab Monotherapy Followed by Olaratumab plus Doxorubicin: Phase Ib Study in Patients with Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2021 01; 20(1):132-141.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Switch Control Inhibition of KIT and PDGFRA in Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Phase I Study of Ripretinib. J Clin Oncol. 2020 10 01; 38(28):3294-3303.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Avapritinib in advanced PDGFRA D842V-mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumour (NAVIGATOR): a multicentre, open-label, phase 1 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2020 07; 21(7):935-946.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Avapritinib in the treatment of PDGFRA exon 18 mutated gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Future Oncol. 2020 Aug; 16(22):1639-1646.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Olaratumab in soft tissue sarcoma - Current status and future perspectives. Eur J Cancer. 2018 03; 92:33-39.