Hepatocyte growth factor, keratinocyte growth factor, their receptors, fibroblast growth factor receptor-2, and the cells of the cornea.

Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factor

1989 • 2,191 citations

Identification of a fibroblast-derived epithelial morphogen as hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 1,176 citations

Purification and characterization of a newly identified growth factor specific for epithelial cells.

1989 • 842 citations

Growth stimulation of A431 cells by epidermal growth factor: identification of high-affinity receptors for epidermal growth factor by an anti-receptor monoclonal antibody.

1983 • 792 citations

Determination of ligand-binding specificity by alternative splicing: two distinct growth factor receptors encoded by a single gene.

1992 • 760 citations

Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for human hepatocyte growth factor

1989 • 664 citations

Evidence for the identity of human scatter factor and human hepatocyte growth factor.

1991 • 651 citations

Nerve growth factor receptors. Characterization of two distinct classes of binding sites on chick embryo sensory ganglia cells.

1979 • 627 citations

Sequence of MET protooncogene cDNA has features characteristic of the tyrosine kinase family of growth-factor receptors.

1987 • 567 citations

A broad-spectrum human lung fibroblast-derived mitogen is a variant of hepatocyte growth factor.

1991 • 502 citations

Novel activin receptors: Distinct genes and alternative mRNA splicing generate a repertoire of serine/threonine kinase receptors

1992 • 495 citations

Evolution of the Functional Human β-Actin Gene and Its Multi-Pseudogene Family: Conservation of Noncoding Regions and Chromosomal Dispersion of Pseudogenes

1985 • 378 citations

Maximizing sensitivity and specificity of PCR by preamplification heating

1991 • 367 citations

Quantitative or semi-quantitative PCR: reality versus myth.

1992 • 351 citations

Alternative initiation of translation determines cytoplasmic or nuclear localization of basic fibroblast growth factor.

1991 • 346 citations

Stimulation of corneal endothelial cell proliferation in vitro by fibroblast and epidermal growth factors

1977 • 335 citations

COMPETITIVE PCR FOR QUANTITATION OF mRNA

1990 • 249 citations

Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha: differential intracellular routing and processing of ligand-receptor complexes.

1991 • 247 citations

Human keratinocyte growth factor activity on proliferation and differentiation of human keratinocytes: Differentiation response distinguishes KGF from EGF family

1990 • 228 citations

Marked stimulation of growth and motility of human keratinocytes by hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 217 citations

Endothelial wound repair in primate cornea

1975 • 195 citations

Mechanism of desensitization of the epidermal growth factor receptor protein-tyrosine kinase.

1992 • 166 citations

The Polymerase Chain Reaction in an Anemic Mode: How to Avoid Cold Oligodeoxyribonuclear Fusion

1991 • 158 citations

The Human Corneal Endothelium*

1966 • 152 citations

The role of fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor in the proliferative response of the corneal and lens epithelium

1977 • 132 citations

High and low affinity binding of heparin-binding growth factor to a 130-kDa receptor correlates with stimulation and inhibition of growth of a differentiated human hepatoma cell.

1988 • 126 citations

Human Corneal Endothelial Wound Repair

1982 • 115 citations

Effect of growth factors with dexamethasone on healing of rabbit corneal stromal incisions

1985 • 93 citations

The alternatively spliced exon of the platelet-derived growth factor A chain encodes a nuclear targeting signal.

1989 • 92 citations

Nerve growth factor-induced differentiation of PC12 cells: evaluation of changes in RNA and DNA metabolism

1981 • 86 citations

Properties of the nerve growth factor receptor of a clonal line of rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells

1979 • 86 citations

Human recombinant epidermal growth factor in experimental corneal wound healing.

1991 • 86 citations

Epidermal growth factor and its receptor, basic fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor beta-1, and interleukin-1 alpha messenger RNA production in human corneal endothelial cells.

1991 • 84 citations

Extended life of human corneal endothelial cells transfected with the SV40 large T antigen.

1993 • 81 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor: Expression in cultured cells derived from corneal endothelium and lens epithelium

1988 • 77 citations

Regeneration of Endothelium in Diseased and Injured Corneas

1972 • 74 citations

The growth of endothelium from human corneal rims in tissue culture.

1984 • 71 citations

EGF, basic FGF, and TGF beta-1 messenger RNA production in rabbit corneal epithelial cells.

1992 • 67 citations

Comparison of the effects of EGF, pFGF and EDGF on corneal epithelium wound healing

1984 • 66 citations

Ultrastructural and immunohistological characterization of the sirc corneal cell line

1990 • 63 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors on Corneal Endothelium

1981 • 62 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factor Release by Bovine Endothelial Cells and Human Astrocytoma Cells in Culture is Density Dependent

1989 • 59 citations

Growth Factors and Corneal Endothelial Cells: I. Stimulation of Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cell DNA Synthesis by Defined Growth Factors

1992 • 54 citations

Rabbit corneal endothelial cells in vitro: effects of EGF.

1986 • 54 citations

Growth Factor-regulated Pathways in Epithelial Cell Proliferation

1990 • 54 citations

Mitotic Activity of Corneal Endothelial Cells in Organ Culture with Recombinant Human Epidermal Growth Factor

1987 • 51 citations

Recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (Rh-bFGF) in three different wound models in rabbits: Corneal wound healing effect and pharmacology

1992 • 45 citations

Use of polymerase chain reaction to detect the expression of the Mr 70,000 heat shock genes in control or heat shock leukemic cells as correlated to their heat response.

1990 • 34 citations

The distribution of retinol-binding protein and its mRNA in the rat eye.

1991 • 33 citations

Glucocorticoid Receptor and Interleukin-1 Receptor Messenger RNA Expression in Corneal Cells

1994 • 25 citations

The oligomer extension "hot blot": a rapid alternative to Southern blots for analyzing polymerase chain reaction products.

1991 • 17 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Receptor Messenger RNA Expression in Corneal Cells

1993 • 15 citations