Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Specific receptors on cell membranes that react with PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR, its analogs, or antagonists. The alpha PDGF receptor (RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA) and the beta PDGF receptor (RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA) are the two principle types of PDGF receptors. Activation of the protein-tyrosine kinase activity of the receptors occurs by ligand-induced dimerization or heterodimerization of PDGF receptor types.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D017479 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.900 D12.776.543.750.630.625 D12.776.543.750.750.400.630 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptors, Platelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptors, Platelet Derived Growth FactorPlatelet-Derived Growth Factor ReceptorsPlatelet Derived Growth Factor ReceptorsReceptors, PDGFPDGF ReceptorReceptor, PDGFPDGF ReceptorsPlatelet-Derived Growth Factor ReceptorPlatelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor
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								In vitro and in vivo antitumor activity of a novel immunomodulatory drug, leflunomide: mechanisms of action. Biochem Pharmacol. 1999 Nov 01; 58(9):1405-13.