PMID- 7640654 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950921 LR - 20181130 IS - 1065-6995 (Print) IS - 1065-6995 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 5 DP - 1995 May TI - Transforming growth factor alpha. PG - 373-88 AB - Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) is a close relative of epidermal growth factor (EGF), the first polypeptide mitogen discovered in 1962 (Cohen, 1962). TGF alpha, like EGF, exerts its effect on cells through binding to the EGF-Receptor (EGF-R). Here we review the molecular and cell biology of TGF alpha before proceeding to describe our own work on signaling molecules induced in response to activation of the EGF-R. FAU - Kumar, V AU - Kumar V AD - Academic Surgical Unit, London Hospital Medical College, UK. FAU - Bustin, S A AU - Bustin SA FAU - McKay, I A AU - McKay IA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Cell Biol Int JT - Cell biology international JID - 9307129 RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor alpha) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - Epidermal Growth Factor/chemistry MH - ErbB Receptors/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Models, Biological MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Psoriasis/pathology/physiopathology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transforming Growth Factor alpha/chemistry/genetics/*physiology MH - ras Proteins/physiology RF - 107 EDAT- 1995/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1995/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1995/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1995/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1995/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1995/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S1065-6995(85)71083-9 [pii] AID - 10.1006/cbir.1995.1083 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Biol Int. 1995 May;19(5):373-88. doi: 10.1006/cbir.1995.1083.