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Recombinant Hepatocyte Growth Factor

Known as: HGF/SF, Scatter Factor, HGF 
A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous glycoprotein cytokine hepatocyte growth factor (HGF… (More)

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HGF geneHGF protein, humanHepatocyte Growth FactorIL6 gene

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Recombinant Hepatocyte Growth Factor
Hepatocyte Growth Factor
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2005
2005
Role of NF-κB signaling in hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-mediated cell protection
The cytokine scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor (HGF/SF) protects epithelial, carcinoma, and other cell types against… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor mediates angiogenesis through positive VEGF and negative thrombospondin 1 regulation.
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF), acting through the Met receptor, plays an important role in most human solid… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
CD44 is required for two consecutive steps in HGF/c-Met signaling.
The tyrosine kinase receptor c-Met and its ligand HGF/SF, ezrin, and splice variants of CD44 have independently been identified… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Activation of both MAP kinase and phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase by Ras is required for hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-induced adherens junction disassembly.
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) stimulates the motility of epithelial cells, initially inducing centrifugal… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Zinc-Finger Protein Slug Causes Desmosome Dissociation, an Initial and Necessary Step for Growth Factor–induced Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an essential morphogenetic process during embryonic development. It can be induced in… (More)
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor Is an Axonal Chemoattractant and a Neurotrophic Factor for Spinal Motor Neurons
In the embryonic nervous system, developing axons can be guided to their targets by diffusible factors secreted by their… (More)
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Placental defect and embryonic lethality in mice lacking hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor.
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) functions as a mitogen, motogen and morphogen for a variety of cultured cells… (More)
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor induces a variety of tissue- specific morphogenic programs in epithelial cells
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is the mesenchymal ligand of the epithelial tyrosine kinase receptor c-Met. In… (More)
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Keratinocyte growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor are heparin-binding growth factors for alveolar type II cells in fibroblast-conditioned medium.
Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions mediate aspects of normal lung growth and development and are important in the restoration of… (More)
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
Extracellular proteolytic cleavage by urokinase is required for activation of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor.
The extracellular protease urokinase is known to be crucially involved in morphogenesis, tissue repair and tumor invasion by… (More)
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