Detection of prohibited growth factors in doping control: serum concentration ranges in a reference population of athletes
Growth factors (GFs) are a wide class of polypeptides that can regulate cellular proliferation, migration and differentiation. Due to their ability to extensively impact on tissue regeneration GFs are banned
in and out of competition and included in section S2 of the 2018 Prohibited List of banned substances released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In doping control, methods of detection of