Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor overexpression induces growth, abnormal development, and tumor formation in transgenic mouse livers.

Experimental pathology of the liver. I. Restoration of the liver of the white rat following partial surgical removal

1931 • 2,491 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

Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor is essential for liver development

1995 • 1,398 citations

Essential role for the c-met receptor in the migration of myogenic precursor cells into the limb bud

1995 • 1,278 citations

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

1991 • 1,176 citations

Placental defect and embryonic lethality in mice lacking hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor

1995 • 1,039 citations

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

1994 • 983 citations

TGFα overexpression in transgenic mice induces liver neoplasia and abnormal development of the mammary gland and pancreas

1990 • 714 citations

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

1991 • 698 citations

Scatter factor: molecular characteristics and effect on the invasiveness of epithelial cells.

1990 • 695 citations

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

1988 • 657 citations

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

1986 • 588 citations

The many faces of hepatocyte growth factor: from hepatopoiesis to hematopoiesis.

1995 • 578 citations

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

1991 • 502 citations

Mouse liver cell culture

1981 • 397 citations

Use of a low-speed, iso-density percoll centrifugation method to increase the viability of isolated rat hepatocyte preparations

1986 • 385 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor induces a variety of tissue-specific morphogenic programs in epithelial cells.

1995 • 301 citations

Levels of the human hepatocyte growth factor in serum of patients with various liver diseases determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

1991 • 293 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor and its receptor, the c-met proto-oncogene product

1993 • 281 citations

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

1991 • 259 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

The met Proto-Oncogene Receptor and Lumen Formation

1992 • 246 citations

Identification of a Competitive HGF Antagonist Encoded by an Alternative Transcript

1991 • 224 citations

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

1991 • 217 citations

Spontaneous Lesions in Aging FVB/N Mice

1996 • 214 citations

Distal regulatory elements from the mouse metallothionein locus stimulate gene expression in transgenic mice.

1993 • 214 citations

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

1991 • 207 citations

The motogenic and mitogenic responses to HGF are amplified by the Shc adaptor protein.

1995 • 180 citations

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

1994 • 147 citations

Development of liver tumors in transforming growth factor alpha transgenic mice.

1992 • 139 citations

Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF)/NK1 Is a Naturally Occurring HGF/Scatter Factor Variant with Partial Agonist/Antagonist Activity

1996 • 137 citations

Hepatocyte differentiation and liver progenitor cells

1990 • 125 citations

Overexpression of transforming growth factor-alpha causes liver enlargement and increased hepatocyte proliferation in transgenic mice.

1994 • 123 citations

Epithelial scatter factor and development of the chick embryonic axis

1990 • 110 citations

Common antigens of mouse oval and biliary epithelial cells. Expression on newly formed hepatocytes

1990 • 93 citations

Quantitation of cytokine-stimulated migration of endothelium and epithelium by a new assay using microcarrier beads

1990 • 90 citations

Molecular and genetic analysis of liver oncogenesis in transforming growth factor alpha transgenic mice.

1992 • 84 citations

Hepatic stem cells.

1993 • 82 citations

Induction of liver growth in normal mice by infusion of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor

1995 • 82 citations

Hepatotropin mRNA expression in human foetal liver development and in liver regeneration

1990 • 80 citations

A study of binucleate cell counts in resting and regenerating rat liver employing a mechanical method for the separation of liver cells

1952 • 77 citations

The Met-HGF/SF autocrine signaling mechanism is involved in sarcomagenesis

1995 • 49 citations

Irreversible depression in the ratio of tetraploid:diploid liver nuclei in rats treated with 3'-methyl-4-diraethylaminoazobenzene (3'M)

1985 • 33 citations