Hepatocyte growth factor: a multifunctional cytokine

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

1984 • 1,153 citations

A multifunctional docking site mediates signaling and transformation by the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor family

1994 • 983 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor prevents acute renal failure and accelerates renal regeneration in mice.

1994 • 414 citations

Interaction of hepatocyte growth factor with heparan sulfate. Elucidation of the major heparan sulfate structural determinants

1994 • 316 citations

Immunoreactive hepatocyte growth factor is a strong and independent predictor of recurrence and survival in human breast cancer.

1994 • 301 citations

Control of hepatocyte replication by two serum factors.

1984 • 301 citations

Partial characterization of a hepatocyte growth factor from rat platelets

1984 • 251 citations

The Met Proto-Oncogene Mesenchymal to Epithelial Cell Conversion

1994 • 215 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor effects on epithelia. Regulation of intercellular junctions in transformed and nontransformed cell lines, basolateral polarization of c-met receptor in transformed and natural intestinal epithelia, and induction of rapid wound repair in a transformed model epithelium.

1994 • 209 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor accelerates recovery from acute ischemic renal injury in rats

1994 • 208 citations

Phosphorylation of serine 985 negatively regulates the hepatocyte growth factor receptor kinase.

1994 • 154 citations

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

1992 • 148 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor in transgenic mice: Effects on hepatocyte growth, liver regeneration and gene expression

1994 • 147 citations

Human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells proliferate in vitro in response to human hepatocyte growth factor.

1992 • 141 citations

Collagenase pretreatment and the mitogenic effects of hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor-α in adult rat liver

1994 • 129 citations

Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Its Variant with a Deletion of Five Amino Acids Are Distinguishable in Their Biological Activity and Tertiary Structure

1994 • 84 citations

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Accelerates the Wound Repair of Cultured Gastric Mucosal Cells

1994 • 75 citations

Expression of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Is Up-Regulated through Activation of a cAMP-Mediated Pathway

1994 • 69 citations

The Met/Hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR) gene is overexpressed in some cases of human leukemia and lymphoma

1994 • 68 citations

Scatter factor (hepatocyte growth factor) is a potent angiogenesis factor in vivo.

1993 • 68 citations

The pharmacokinetics, tissue localization, and metabolic processing of recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor after intravenous administration in rats.

1994 • 50 citations

Ultrastructural location of human hepatocyte growth factor in human liver

1994 • 49 citations

Partial purification and characterization of ‘injurin-like’ factor which stimulates production of hepatocyte growth factor

1994 • 19 citations

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Regulates Transforming Growth Factor α in HepG2 Hepatic Cells

1994 • 13 citations