该基因编码的蛋白是成纤维细胞生长因子（fgf）家族的一员。fgf家族成员具有广泛的有丝分裂和细胞存活活性，参与胚胎发育、细胞生长、形态发生、组织修复、肿瘤生长和侵袭等多种生物学过程。这种蛋白对角化表皮细胞具有有丝分裂活性，但对成纤维细胞基本没有活性，这与fgf7的生物学活性相似。小鼠同源基因的研究表明，该基因是胚胎表皮形态发生所必需的，包括脑发育、肺形态发生和lim芽形成的起始。这个基因也被认为是伤口愈合过程中的一个主要因素。[由RefSeq提供，2008年7月]
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. FGF family members possess broad mitogenic and cell survival activities, and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including embryonic development, cell growth, morphogenesis, tissue repair, tumor growth and invasion. This protein exhibits mitogenic activity for keratinizing epidermal cells, but essentially no activity for fibroblasts, which is similar to the biological activity of FGF7. Studies of the mouse homolog of suggested that this gene is required for embryonic epidermal morphogenesis including brain development, lung morphogenesis, and initiation of lim bud formation. This gene is also implicated to be a primary factor in the process of wound healing. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
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