Activation of hepatocyte growth factor by the plasminogen activators uPA and tPA.

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 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

On the Regulation and Control of Fibrinolysis

1980 • 1,139 citations

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

1990 • 695 citations

Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for human hepatocyte growth factor

1989 • 664 citations

Plasminogen activation by receptor-bound urokinase. A kinetic study with both cell-associated and isolated receptor

1991 • 509 citations

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

1991 • 502 citations

Deduced primary structure of rat hepatocyte growth factor and expression of the mRNA in rat tissues.

1990 • 333 citations

Control of hepatocyte replication by two serum factors.

1984 • 301 citations

Structure-function analysis of hepatocyte growth factor: identification of variants that lack mitogenic activity yet retain high affinity receptor binding.

1992 • 297 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor is a potent mitogen for cultured rabbit renal tubular epithelial cells

1991 • 259 citations

Urokinase plasminogen activator cleaves its cell surface receptor releasing the ligand-binding domain.

1992 • 253 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

Partial characterization of a hepatocyte growth factor from rat platelets

1984 • 251 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor increases urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and u-PA receptor expression in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells.

1992 • 219 citations

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

1991 • 215 citations

Activation of hepatocyte growth factor by proteolytic conversion of a single chain form to a heterodimer.

1992 • 211 citations

Isolation and expression of cDNA for different forms of hepatocyte growth factor from human leukocyte

1990 • 180 citations

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

1992 • 168 citations

The role of urokinase-type plasminogen activator in aggressive tumor cell behavior

1990 • 158 citations

Identification and change in the receptor for hepatocyte growth factor in rat liver after partial hepatectomy or induced hepatitis

1991 • 123 citations

Transplantation system for determining the clonogenic survival of parenchymal hepatocytes exposed to ionizing radiation.

1981 • 102 citations

Processing of hepatocyte growth factor to the heterodimeric form is required for biological activity

1992 • 85 citations

Comparative electrophoretic analysis of human and porcine plasminogen activators in sds-polyacrylamide gels containing plasminogen and casein

1983 • 69 citations

Biological Control of Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Mediated Fibrinolysis

1988 • 44 citations

Characterization of the effects of human placental HGF on rat hepatocytes

1992 • 40 citations

Substrate specificity of tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activators

1991 • 24 citations