Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1298-1306

  Ulich, Thomas R ^a,c   Yi, Eunhee S ^a   Longmuir, Ken ^b   Yin, Songmei ^a   Biltz, Rebecca ^c   Morris, Charles F ^c   Housley, Regina M ^c   Pierce, Glenn F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

keratinocyte growth factor; lung; type II pneumocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; LUNG SURFACTANT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0028299774     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI117086     Document Type: Article

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