Stem Cell Factor (also known as SCF, kit-ligand, KL, or steel factor) is a cytokine that binds to the c-Kit receptor (CD117). SCF can exist both as a transmembrane protein and a soluble protein. This cytokine plays an important role in hematopoiesis (formation of blood cells), spermatogenesis, and melanogenesis. == Production == The gene encoding ...
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A substance that causes blood stem cells (cells from which other types of cells develop) to change into different types of blood cells and increases the number and actions of these cells in the blood. Stem cell factor is a type of cytokine and a type of growth factor. Also called kit ligand and SCF.
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<growth factor> Haemopoietic growth factor 18.6 kD from sequence, found as dimer (35 kD protein, 53 kD in its glycosylated form). ... Acronym: SCF ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(= SCF; Steel factor in mice; mast cell growth factor; c-kit ligand) Haematopoietic growth factor, 18.6 kD from sequence; found as dimer (35 kD protein, 53 kD in its glycosylated form).
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(SCF) Type: Term Definitions: 1. a cytokine that promotes growth and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells into a variety of cell lineages.
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