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Hepatocyte growth factor has potent anti‐proliferative activity in various tumor cell lines
Author(s) -
Tajima Hisao,
Matsumoto Kunio,
Nakamura Toshikazu
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(91)81291-f
Subject(s) - hepatocyte growth factor , cancer research , hepatocyte , tumor cells , cell growth , growth factor , cell culture , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , biology , biochemistry , receptor , in vitro , genetics
As HGF apparently has bidirectional effects on cell growth, the possibility that it can serve as an anti‐tumor agent merits attention.