Nerve growth factor is important for the development and maintenance of the sympathetic and sensory nervous systs. Extracellular domain ligand for the NTRK1 and NGFR receptors, activates cellular signaling cascades through those receptor tyrosine kinase to regulate neuronal proliferation, differentiation and survival. Inhibits metalloproteinase dependent proteolysis of platelet glycoprotein VI.
Rat beta-nerve growth factor sequence and site of synthesis in the adult hippocampus.Whittemore S.R., Friedman P.L., Larhammar D.G., Persson H., Gonzalez-Carvajal M., Holets V.R.J. Neurosci. Res. 20:403-410(1988)
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