Medical Dictionary
transforming growth factor
noun
Medical Definition of TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR
: any of a group of polypeptides that are secreted by a variety of cells (as monocytes, T cells, or blood platelets) and have diverse effects (as inducing angiogenesis, stimulating fibroblast proliferation, or inhibiting T cell proliferation) on the division and activity of cells—abbreviation TGF
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