Serum hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is rapidly increased in patients suffering from various
tissue injuries including arterial occlusive diseases. However, the cellular sources of the …

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a heparin-binding factor, is synthesized as a single-chain
inactive precursor (pro-HGF), which is converted by proteolysis to an active heterodimer …

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a potent paracrine mediator of stromal/epithelial
interactions, which is secreted as a matrix-associated inactive precursor (pro-HGF) and …

Background Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a pleiotropic cytokine with
mitogenic, motogenic and morphogenic effects for a wide variety of cells. Previous studies …

By molecular structure, HGF and its homolog Macrophage Stimulating Protein (MSP) that
binds the tyrosine kinase receptor RON, belong to the plasminogen family, which includes …

The effect of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) during wound healing in the
skin was investigated, using HGF/SF-overexpressing transgenic mouse model. Histological …

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/scatter factor (SF) is a multifunctional factor considered to be
potentially involved in tissue regeneration, wound healing, embryogenesis, angiogenesis …

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a multifunctional cytokine that is involved
in many normal as well as pathological conditions. HGF/NK1, a splice variant of HGF/SF …

BACKGROUND: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a pleiotropic factor regulating
development and wound healing, is secreted as inactive pro-HGF and is converted into …

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a potent mitogen, motogen, and morphogen for epithelial
cells in vitro. It appears likely that HGF participates in tissue regeneration following hepatic …