Hepatocyte growth factor is a growth factor for rat alveolar type II cells.

Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease

1979 • 22,482 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factor

1989 • 2,191 citations

Scatter factor is a fibroblast-derived modulator of epithelial cell mobility

1987 • 1,333 citations

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

1991 • 1,176 citations

Evolutionary conservation in the untranslated regions of actin mRNAs: DNA sequence of a human beta-actin cDNA

1984 • 973 citations

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

1989 • 664 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

Hepatocyte growth factor receptor and the c-met oncogene Bottaro DP, Rubin JS, Faletto DL, Chan AM-L, Kmiecik TE, Vande Woude GF, Aaronson SA. Identification of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor as the c-met proto-oncogene product. Science 1991;251:802?804

1991 • 434 citations

The Met receptor tyrosine kinase transduces motility, proliferation, and morphogenic signals of scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor in epithelial cells.

1993 • 409 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor (hepatopoietin A) rapidly increases in plasma before DNA synthesis and liver regeneration stimulated by partial hepatectomy and carbon tetrachloride administration

1991 • 374 citations

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

1990 • 333 citations

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

1992 • 327 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor are heparin-binding growth factors for alveolar type II cells in fibroblast-conditioned medium.

1993 • 313 citations

Structure and function of hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 307 citations

Expression of hepatocyte growth factor gene in endothelial and kupffer cells of damaged rat livers, as revealed by insitu hydridization

1990 • 299 citations

The tyrosine-phosphorylated hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor associates with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

1991 • 259 citations

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

1993 • 253 citations

Structure and variation of human ribosomal DNA: molecular analysis of cloned fragments

1981 • 235 citations

Expression of Hepatocyte Growth Factor mRNA in regenerating rat liver after partial hepatectomy

1991 • 219 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/hepatopoietin A is expressed in fat-storing cells from rat liver but not myofibroblast-like cells derived from fat-storing cells

1992 • 212 citations

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

1992 • 212 citations

Native and recombinant human hepatocyte growth factors are highly potent promoters of DNA synthesis in both human and rat hepatocytes.

1991 • 202 citations

Localization of hepatocyte growth factor in human and rat tissues: An immunohistochemical study

1991 • 167 citations

Metabolic properties and ultrastructure of alveolar type II cells isolated with elastase

1980 • 161 citations

Identification and characterization of "injurin," an inducer of expression of the gene for hepatocyte growth factor.

1992 • 148 citations

Tissue distribution of hepatopoietin-A: a heparin-binding polypeptide growth factor for hepatocytes.

1990 • 133 citations

Sequestration of a hepatocyte growth factor in extracellular matrix in normal adult rat liver

1991 • 105 citations

Modulation of alveolar type II cell differentiated function in vitro

1992 • 104 citations

Purification and characterization of hepatocyte growth factor from injured liver of carbon tetrachloride-treated rats.

1991 • 102 citations

Identification of rat alveolar type II epithelial cells with a tannic acid and polychrome stain.

1985 • 97 citations

Expression of biologically active recombinant keratinocyte growth factor. Structure/function analysis of amino-terminal truncation mutants.

1993 • 96 citations

Effect of a Reconstituted Basement Membrane on Expression of Surfactant Apoproteins in Cultured Adult Rat Alveolar Type II Cells

1990 • 90 citations

Stimulation of DNA Synthesis in Cultured Rat Alveolar Type II Cells

1985 • 75 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Epidermal Growth Factor and Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factors in Postnatal Developing and Adult Rat Lungs

1992 • 74 citations

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

1992 • 72 citations

Heparin-binding Growth Factors Stimulate DNA Synthesis in Rat Alveolar Type II Cells

1990 • 70 citations

Proliferation of Rat Alveolar Epithelial Cells in Low Density Primary Culture

1993 • 54 citations

Macrophages stimulate DNA synthesis in rat alveolar type II cells.

1985 • 54 citations

Promyelocytic leukemia cell line, HL-60, produces human hepatocyte growth factor

1991 • 48 citations

Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Ascites from Patients with Cirrhosis1

1991 • 47 citations

Isolation of alveolar type II cells by centrifugal elutriation

1979 • 44 citations

Developmental changes in hepatocyte growth factor mRNA and its receptor in rat liver, kidney and lung

1992 • 38 citations

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Normal Rats Stimulates DNA Synthesis in Rat Alveolar Type II Cells

1989 • 38 citations

Purification and characterization of biologically active scatter factor from ras-transformed NIH 3T3 conditioned medium

1991 • 13 citations