Video from Joe DeMasi on YouTube

3.1.4 Describe the role of growth factors in cell growth and proliferation.

Why this video

It introduces the principal modes of growth factor signalling (autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine) and explains how classic growth factors such as EGF, PDGF, and FGF bind their receptors to initiate cell division.

Part of this line

Covers part of this objective. It leaves out: It does not cover the detailed downstream intracellular cascades, such as the Ras-MAPK or PI3K pathways, or their coupling to the cyclin-CDK cell cycle engine.

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