The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up

• Main Authors: Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć (Author), Dominika Nieszpór (Author), Natalia Serwin (Author), Ewa Pius Sadowska (Author), Marta Gliźniewicz (Author), Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz (Author), Karol Serwin (Author), Anna Michalczyk (Author), Marta Budkowska (Author), Małgorzata Goszka (Author), Aleksandra Polikowska (Author), Radosław Birger (Author), Bogusław Machaliński (Author), Barbara Dołęgowska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Platelets are the first to reach the site of tissue damage and secrete substances like platelet growth factors (GFs), which perform many different functions in the human body. Many studies suggest that GFs such as transforming GF (TGF), platelet-derived GF (PDGF), or insulin-like GF-1 (IGF-1) may be...