Hepatocyte growth factor may act as a pulmotrophic factor on lung regeneration after acute lung injury.

Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation by Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate–Phenol–Chloroform Extraction

1987 • 64,270 citations

Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction

1987 • 45,673 citations

Identification of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor As the c- met Proto-Oncogene Product

1991 • 2,230 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factor

1989 • 2,191 citations

Partial purification and characterization of hepatocyte growth factor from serum of hepatectomized rats

1984 • 1,153 citations

Human KGF is FGF-Related with Properties of a Paracrine Effector of Epithelial Cell Growth

1989 • 989 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) stimulates the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor encoded by the proto-oncogene c-MET.

1991 • 698 citations

Purification and partial characterization of hepatocyte growth factor from plasma of a patient with fulminant hepatic failure.

1988 • 657 citations

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

1991 • 651 citations

Purification and characterization of a growth factor from rat platelets for mature parenchymal hepatocytes in primary cultures.

1986 • 588 citations

Purification and subunit structure of hepatocyte growth factor from rat platelets

1987 • 557 citations

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

1991 • 502 citations

Induction of epithelial tubular morphogenesis in vitro by fibroblast-derived soluble factors

1991 • 491 citations

Purification and biological characterization of human hepatopoietin A, a polypeptide growth factor for hepatocytes.

1989 • 455 citations

Insulin Interactions with Liver Plasma Membranes

1972 • 396 citations

Deduced primary structure of rat hepatocyte growth factor and expression of the mRNA in rat tissues.

1990 • 333 citations

Direct evidence that hepatocyte growth factor is a hepatotrophic factor for liver regeneration and has a potent antihepatitis effectin vivo

1992 • 331 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor: molecular structure, roles in liver regeneration, and other biological functions.

1992 • 327 citations

Structure and function of hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 307 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor is a potent mitogen for cultured rabbit renal tubular epithelial cells

1991 • 259 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor inhibits growth of hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

1992 • 256 citations

Marked increase of HGF mRNA in non-parenchymal liver cells of rats treated with hepatotoxins

1989 • 248 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor--scatter factor: mitogen, motogen, and met.

1991 • 234 citations

Lung may have an endocrine function producing hepatocyte growth factor in response to injury of distal organs

1992 • 212 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor has potent anti‐proliferative activity in various tumor cell lines

1991 • 207 citations

Renotropic functions of hepatocyte growth factor in renal regeneration after unilateral nephrectomy.

1991 • 204 citations

Clonal growth of epithelial cells from normal adult human bronchus.

1981 • 198 citations

Identity of a tumor cytotoxic factor from human fibroblasts and hepatocyte growth factor

1990 • 195 citations

Isolation and expression of cDNA for different forms of hepatocyte growth factor from human leukocyte

1990 • 180 citations

Regulation of cell growth and motility by hepatocyte growth factor and receptor expression in various cell species

1992 • 171 citations

Comparison of biological and immunochemical properties indicates that scatter factor and hepatocyte growth factor are indistinguishable

1991 • 129 citations

Marked induction of hepatocyte growth factor mRNA in intact kidney and spleen in response to injury of distant organs

1992 • 128 citations

Identification and change in the receptor for hepatocyte growth factor in rat liver after partial hepatectomy or induced hepatitis

1991 • 123 citations

Acquisition of a beta-adrenergic response by adult rat hepatocytes during primary culture.

1983 • 117 citations

Primary structure of rat hepatocyte growth factor and induction of its mRNA during liver regeneration following hepatic injury

1990 • 114 citations

Induction of supernumerary tracheal buds and the stimulation of DNA synthesis in the embryonic chick lung and trachea by epidermal growth factor

1980 • 111 citations

Scatter factor from human embryonic lung fibroblasts is probably identical to hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 81 citations

Tissue Distribution of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor and Its Exclusive Down-Regulation in a Regenerating Organ after Injury1

1992 • 72 citations

Expression of c‐met proto‐oncogene in COS cells induces the signal transducing high‐affinity receptor for hepatocyte growth factor

1992 • 63 citations

Expressions of receptor gene for hepatocyte growth factor in kidney after unilateral nephrectomy and renal injury

1992 • 56 citations

ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS

1982 • 32 citations

Effect of retinol on fetal lamb tracheal epithelium, with and without epidermal growth factor. A model for the effect of retinol on the healing lung of human premature infants.

1988 • 31 citations

Human Alveolar Type II Cells: Stimulation of DNA Synthesis by Insulin and Endothelial Cell Growth Supplement

1990 • 14 citations

Synthesis of a new helical protein: The effect of secondary structure rearrangement on structure formation

1990 • 3 citations