Skeletal muscle satellite cells are considered to play a crucial role in muscle fiber
maintenance, repair and remodeling. Our knowledge of the role of satellite cells in muscle …

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a highly morbid disease. Recent
developments including Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved molecular targeted …

The potential influence of leukocyte incorporation in the kinetic release of growth factors
from platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) may explain the conflicting efficiency of leukocyte platelet …

The time‐courses of satellite cell (SC) activation and protein expression of hepatocyte
growth factor (HGF), HGF activator (HGFA), HGFA inhibitor‐1 (HAI‐1), and HGFA inhibitor‐2 …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is currently believed to be driven by alveolar epithelial cells,
with abnormally activated alveolar epithelial cells accumulating in an attempt to repair …

Background Exposure to high levels of oxygen (hyperoxia) after birth leads to lung injury.
Our aims were to investigate the modulation of myeloid cell sub-populations and the …

This study aimed to investigate the associations of the serial changes of serum levels of
various growth factors with liver regeneration after hepatectomy in healthy liver donors …

Background: The multifunctional hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is the ligand of c-Met
receptor; it plays important role in mammary differentiation. HGF-Met signaling is a critical …

The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-met pathway, which mainly consists of HGF activator
(HGFA) and its substrate HGF, protects various types of cells via anti-apoptotic and anti …

Keratinocytes secrete vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angioregulatory
chemokines during cutaneous wound healing. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) promotes …