Serum concentration of hepatocyte growth factor in patients with metastatic breast cancer

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

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

1984 • 1,153 citations

Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor, the c-met tyrosine kinase, can mediate a signal exchange between mesenchyme and epithelia during mouse development.

1993 • 707 citations

Scatter factor induces blood vessel formation in vivo.

1993 • 704 citations

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

1990 • 695 citations

Emerging Multipotent Aspects of Hepatocyte Growth Factor

1996 • 662 citations

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

1991 • 651 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

Purification of scatter factor, a fibroblast-derived basic protein that modulates epithelial interactions and movement.

1989 • 411 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor induces tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK) and promotes migration and invasion by oral squamous cell carcinoma cells.

1994 • 320 citations

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

1995 • 301 citations

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

1994 • 301 citations

Induction of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Fibroblasts by Tumor-derived Factors Affects Invasive Growth of Tumor Cells : In Vitro Analysis of Tumor-Stromal Interactions

1998 • 291 citations

Coexpression of hepatocyte growth factor and receptor (Met) in human breast carcinoma.

1996 • 240 citations

Serum hepatocyte growth factor levels in liver diseases: Clinical implications

1995 • 202 citations

Overexpression and activation of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor in human non-small-cell lung carcinomas

1996 • 193 citations

Creation of an hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor autocrine loop in carcinoma cells induces invasive properties associated with increased tumorigenicity.

1994 • 171 citations

Association of immunoreactive hepatocyte growth factor with poor survival in resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

1997 • 167 citations

Expression of scatter factor and c-met receptor in benign and malignant breast tissue.

1997 • 164 citations

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

1991 • 163 citations

Autocrine hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-Met signaling induces transformation and the invasive/metastastic phenotype in C127 cells.

1996 • 114 citations

Serum concentrations of hepatocyte growth factor in breast cancer patients.

1995 • 104 citations

Scatter factor stimulates tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis in human breast cancers in the mammary fat pads of nude mice.

1997 • 90 citations

Scatter factor modulates the metastatic phenotype of the EMT6 mouse mammary tumor

1994 • 88 citations

Stimulatory effects of hepatocyte growth factor on normal and neoplastic human bronchial epithelial cells

1995 • 78 citations

Rapid and Marked Induction of Hepatocyte Growth Factor During Liver Regeneration After Ischemic or Crush Injury

1992 • 74 citations

Increase in the circulating level of hepatocyte growth factor in gastric cancer patients

1997 • 73 citations

Transforming Growth Factor‐β and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Produced by Gastric Fibroblasts Stimulate the Invasiveness of Scirrhous Gastric Cancer Cells

1997 • 73 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor expression in human mammary epithelium.

1994 • 70 citations

Acquisition of Invasive Phenotype in Gallbladder Cancer Cells via Mutual Interaction of Stromal Fibroblasts and Cancer Cells as Mediated by Hepatocyte Growth Factor

1996 • 61 citations

Primary Human Fibroblasts Induce Diverse Tumor Invasiveness: Involvement of HGF as an Important Paracrine Factor

1996 • 40 citations