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Growth Factor Inhibition
Growth Factor Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, the activities of extracellular signaling molecules (ligands) involved in the control of target cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Inhibition may involve interference with growth factor binding to receptors. (NCI Thesaurus)
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