美国杜克大学医学中心确认多效生长因子可促进造血干细胞再生（附原文）

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; o5 S) Q' I/ d多效生长因子简介：
  J5 I0 m% Y8 I7 ?, JPleiotrophin (heparin binding growth factor 8, neurite growth-promoting factor 1), also known as PTN, is a well conserved gene.
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% O8 o: U# L' z+ t. vPleiotrophin or Neurite Growth-promoting Factor 1 (NEGF1), also called Heparin Affin Regulatory Peptide (HARP) or Heparin Binding Growth associated molecule (HB-GAM) is an 18-kDa growth factor that has a high affinity for heparin. It is structurally related to midkine and retinoic acid induced heparin-binding protein.: N1 s# y% G, o" Q* z/ r

1 p% Z0 z+ M1 P- m$ PPleiotrophin was initially recognized as a neurite outgrowth-promoting factor present in rat brain around birth and as a mitogen toward fibroblasts isolated from bovine uterus tissue. Together with midkine these growth-factors constitute a family of (developmentally regulated) secreted heparin-binding proteins now known as the Neurite Growth-promoting Factor (NEGF) family. During embryonic and early postnatal development, pleiotrophin is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system and also in several non-neural tissues, notably lung, kidney, gut and bone. Pleiotrophin is also expressed by several tumor cells and is thought to be involved in tumor angiogenesis. In the adult central nervous system Pleiotrophin is expressed in an activity-dependent manner in the hippocampus where it can suppress long term potentiation induction. Pleiotrophin expression is low in other areas of the adult brain, but it can be induced by ischemic insults. or targeted neuronal damaged in the enthorrinal cortex or in the Substantia Nigra pars compacta.
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