Fibroblast growth factors （FGFs） are secreted protein ligands that act in a paracrine or endocrine fashion to carr3r out their pleiotropic functions in development， tissue homeostasis and metabolism. Especially in recent years， more and more attention has been paid to this super family. tn the past 30 years， Prof. Xiaokun Li's research team has been focused on the field of basic mechanism and bioengineering of FGFs in China. This book is the second version which collected research results of Li's group from 2013 to 2018. All these 9 chapters spans reviews of FGFs， injury repair and regeneration， metabolism， structure and modification， signalling pathway and pharmacology， pharmaceutics and new materials， bioreactor and engineering as well as FGF/FGFR inhibitors and others. This work should be a helper primer to scientists and particularly young students entering the FGFs field with their eye toward basic research and application.
