Foetal and cancer patient fibroblasts produce an autocrine migrationstimulating factor not made by normal adult cells

Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates the expression of fibronectin and collagen and their incorporation into the extracellular matrix.

1986 • 2,499 citations

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1964 • 1,816 citations

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

1987 • 1,333 citations

Tumor cell autocrine motility factor.

1986 • 539 citations

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1970 • 369 citations

An epithelial scatter factor released by embryo fibroblasts

1985 • 368 citations

Cell proliferation and migration on collagen substrata in vitro

1980 • 347 citations

Reorganization of hydrated collagen lattices by human skin fibroblasts

1984 • 264 citations

Coordinate control of 3T3 cell proliferation by platelet-derived growth factor and plasma components.

1978 • 252 citations

Surface distribution of LETS protein in relation to the cytoskeleton of normal and transformed cells.

1977 • 244 citations

Epidermal growth factor promotes the chemotactic migration of cultured rat intestinal epithelial cells

1985 • 226 citations

Different mechanisms in the attachment of cells to native and denatured collagen

1979 • 173 citations

Adult, foetal and transformed fibroblasts display different migratory phenotypes on collagen gels: Evidence for an isoformic transition during foetal development

1985 • 114 citations

Clonal heterogeneity in fibroblast phenotype: Implications for the control of epithelial‐mesenchymal interactions

1987 • 103 citations

The use of three‐dimensional collagen gels for the study of tumour cell invasion in vitro: Experimental parameters influencing cell migration into the gel matrix

1982 • 94 citations

Migration of cultured vascular cells in response to plasma and platelet-derived factors

1982 • 88 citations

The effects of fibronectin on the migration of human foreskin fibroblasts and syrian hamster melanoma cells into three-dimensional gels of native collagen fibres

1981 • 88 citations

Skin fibroblasts obtained from cancer patients display foetal-like migratory behaviour on collagen gels

1985 • 75 citations

FIBROBLASTS FROM PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER SHOW ABNORMAL MIGRATORY BEHAVIOUR IN VITRO

1984 • 70 citations

Occurrence of a fetal fibroblast phenotype in familial breast cancer

1986 • 69 citations

Chemotactic response of rat mammary adenocarcinoma cell clones to tumor-derived cytokines

1987 • 67 citations

FIBROBLASTS FROM RELATIVES OF PATIENTS WITH HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER SHOW FETAL-LIKE BEHAVIOUR IN VITRO

1987 • 60 citations

Hypothesis: Persistent Expression of Fetal Phenotypic Characteristics by Fibroblasts Is Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Neoplastic Disease

1987 • 47 citations

Foetal-to-Adult Transitions in Fibroblast Phenotype: Their Possible Relevance to the Pathogenesis of Cancer

1987 • 20 citations