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Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-α) is upregulated in some human cancers. It is produced in macrophages brain cells and keratinocytes and induces epithelial development. It is closely related to EGF and can also bind to the EGF receptor with similar effects. TGFα stimulates neural cell proliferation in the adult injured brain.TGFα was cited in the 2001 NIH Stem Cell report to the U.S.

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