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Topical Growth Factors for Skin Rejuvenation

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Textbook of Aging Skin

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Growth factors are polypeptides or proteins, which play a key role in the regulation of a number of physiological processes operating at extremely low concentrations [1]. Together with cytokines, they are important regulators of cell division, differentiation, chemotaxis and adhesion, cellular trafficking, cell activation, apoptosis, cell survival, and transformation. They typically mediate interactions between cells within a specific tissue microenvironment, thereby, binding its corresponding receptor located on the outer surface of the target cell, which ultimately results in a biological response in a complex cascade of events.

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  1. The Procter & Gamble Company, 6110 Center Hill Avenue, 45224, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Miranda A. Farage Ph.D. (Principal Scientist) (Principal Scientist)

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  3. Department of Dermatology, University of California, School of Medicine, 222 SE 8th Ave., Suite 563, 94122, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Rangarajan, V., Dreher, F. (2010). Topical Growth Factors for Skin Rejuvenation. In: Farage, M.A., Miller, K.W., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Textbook of Aging Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_100

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