Intravenous keratinocyte growth factor protects against experimental pulmonary injury

Purification and characterization of a newly identified growth factor specific for epithelial cells.

1989 • 842 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor protects mice from chemotherapy and radiation-induced gastrointestinal injury and mortality.

1998 • 362 citations

Mechanisms of bleomycin-induced lung damage

1991 • 356 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo.

1994 • 353 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

Keratinocyte growth factor induces proliferation of hepatocytes and epithelial cells throughout the rat gastrointestinal tract.

1994 • 276 citations

Intratracheal instillation of keratinocyte growth factor decreases hyperoxia-induced mortality in rats.

1995 • 256 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor ameliorates radiation- and bleomycin-induced lung injury and mortality.

1996 • 206 citations

Human keratinocyte growth factor effects in a porcine model of epidermal wound healing.

1993 • 200 citations

Developmental aspects of experimental pulmonary oxygen toxicity

1991 • 194 citations

Stimulation of all epithelial elements during skin regeneration by keratinocyte growth factor.

1994 • 185 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor reduces lung damage due to acid instillation in rats.

1996 • 178 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for mammary epithelium in vivo. The mammary epithelium of lactating rats is resistant to the proliferative action of keratinocyte growth factor.

1994 • 111 citations

Prevention of bleomycin-induced lung injury in rats by keratinocyte growth factor.

1997 • 107 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor increases transalveolar sodium reabsorption in normal and injured rat lungs.

1997 • 99 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor induces pancreatic ductal epithelial proliferation.

1994 • 88 citations

Keratinocyte Growth Factor Causes Proliferation of Urothelium In Vivo

1995 • 83 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor attenuates lung leak induced by alpha-naphthylthiourea in rats

1996 • 65 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor ameliorates cyclophosphamide-induced ulcerative hemorrhagic cystitis.

1997 • 62 citations

Molecular basis for tumor necrosis factor-induced increase in pulmonary superoxide dismutase activities

1990 • 58 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor causes cystic dilation of the mammary glands of mice. Interactions of keratinocyte growth factor, estrogen, and progesterone in vivo.

1994 • 31 citations