betacellulin

English

Noun

betacellulin (uncountable)

1. A protein belonging to the EGF family of growth factors, synthesized primarily as a transmembrane precursor.
   • 2015 July 15, Kallirroi Voudouri et al., “Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell Growth: Focus on Endocrine Resistant Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam)‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     The EGF family consists of EGF, transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α), heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF), amphiregulin (AR), epiregulin (EPR), betacellulin (BTC) and neuregulins (NRGs).