Hepatocyte growth factor and Met receptor expression in human pancreatic carcinogenesis.

Antigen retrieval in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues: an enhancement method for immunohistochemical staining based on microwave oven heating of tissue sections.

1991 • 2,598 citations

Identification of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor As the c- met Proto-Oncogene Product

1991 • 2,230 citations

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

1987 • 1,333 citations

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

1990 • 695 citations

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

1986 • 588 citations

Enhanced expression of transforming growth factor β isoforms in pancreatic cancer correlates with decreased survival

1993 • 518 citations

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

1991 • 502 citations

Overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor in human pancreatic cancer is associated with concomitant increases in the levels of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha.

1992 • 500 citations

Tyrosine kinase receptor indistinguishable from the c-met protein

1989 • 496 citations

Overexpression of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in human pancreatic cancer correlates with advanced tumor stage.

1993 • 321 citations

Overexpression of the c-MET/HGF receptor gene in human thyroid carcinomas.

1992 • 317 citations

The receptor encoded by the human C‐MET oncogene is expressed in hepatocytes, epithelial cells and solid tumors

1991 • 291 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor inhibits growth of hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

1992 • 256 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/hepatopoietin A stimulates the growth of rat kidney proximal tubule epithelial cells (RPTE), rat nonparenchymal liver cells, human melanoma cells, mouse keratinocytes and stimulates anchorage-independent growth of SV-40 transformed RPTE

1991 • 253 citations

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

1991 • 217 citations

Overexpression of HER2/neu oncogene in human pancreatic carcinoma

1993 • 217 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor is a potent stimulator of human melanocyte DNA synthesis and growth

1991 • 215 citations

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

1991 • 207 citations

Coexpression of the c-met proto-oncogene and hepatocyte growth factor in human pancreatic cancer.

1994 • 187 citations

The c‐erbB‐2 proto‐oncogene in human pancreatic cancer

1990 • 172 citations

Regulation of cell growth and motility by hepatocyte growth factor and receptor expression in various cell species

1992 • 171 citations

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 7q and aggressive primary breast cancer

1992 • 168 citations

Localization of hepatocyte growth factor in human and rat tissues: An immunohistochemical study

1991 • 167 citations

The mucus-hypersecreting tumor of the pancreas. Development and extension visualized by three-dimensional computerized mapping

1992 • 152 citations

Overexpression of c-met proto-oncogene but not epidermal growth factor receptor or c-erbB-2 in primary human colorectal carcinomas.

1992 • 141 citations

Smooth muscle releases an epithelial cell scatter factor which binds to heparin

1989 • 136 citations

Scatter factor and hepatocyte growth factor: activities, properties, and mechanism.

1992 • 136 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor is an autocrine factor for human normal bronchial epithelial and lung carcinoma cells.

1993 • 111 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor in human placenta and trophoblastic disease.

1991 • 102 citations

The erbB‐3 Gene in human pancreatic cancer

1992 • 92 citations

Varying grades of epithelial atypia in the pancreatic ducts of humans. Classification based on morphometry and multivariate analysis and correlated with positive reactions of carcinoembryonic antigen.

1994 • 82 citations

p145, a Protein with Associated Tyrosine Kinase Activity in a Human Gastric Carcinoma Cell Line

1988 • 81 citations

Properties and Functions of Scatter Factor/Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Its Receptor c-Met

1993 • 80 citations

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

1994 • 70 citations

Expression of c‐met proto‐oncogene in COS cells induces the signal transducing high‐affinity receptor for hepatocyte growth factor

1992 • 63 citations

In vitro and in vivo expressions of transforming growth factor-alpha and tyrosine kinase receptors in human non-small-cell lung carcinomas.

1993 • 38 citations