Bengt Westermark

Platelet-derived growth factor is structurally related to the putative transforming protein p28sis of simian sarcoma virus

Michael D. Waterfield, Geoffrey T. Scrace, Nigel Whittle et al. · Nature · 1983 · 1.6K citations

Pathogenesis, Viral Pathogenesis, Pathology +7

Growth factors: Mechanism of action and relation to oncogenes

Carl‐Henrik Heldin, Bengt Westermark · Cell · 1984 · 880 citations · Full text

Biology, Cell Division, Mechanism (Biology) +4

cDNA sequence and chromosomal localization of human platelet-derived growth factor A-chain and its expression in tumour cell lines

Christer Betsholtz, Ann Johnsson, Carl‐Henrik Heldin et al. · Nature · 1986 · 782 citations

Thrombopoiesis, Chromatin, Chromosomal Localization +9

A role for platelet-derived growth factor in normal gliogenesis in the central nervous system

William D. Richardson, Nigel P. Pringle, Michael Mosley et al. · Cell · 1988 · 768 citations

Neuro-oncology, Developmental Biology, Ependyma +14

Platelet-derived growth factor and its receptors in human glioma tissue: expression of messenger RNA and protein suggests the presence of autocrine and paracrine loops.

Monica Hermanson, Lena Claesson‐Welsh, Carl‐Henrik Heldin et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 700 citations

Pathology, High-grade Gliomas, Glioma +17