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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages 17-30Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2000.00138.x
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hepatocyte; HGF; ECM; scattering; c-MET
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) identical to scatter factor (SF) is a glycoprotein involved in the development of a number of cellular phenotypes, including proliferation, mitogenesis, formation of branching tubules and, in the case of tumour cells, invasion and metastasis. This fascinating cytokine transduces its activities via its receptor encoded by the c-met oncogene, coupled to a number of transducers integrating the HGF/SF signal to the cytosol and the nucleus. The downstream transducers coupled to HGF/MET, most of which participate in overlapping pathways, determine the development of the cell's phenotype, which in most cell types is dual.
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