Evidence for the presence of an inactive precursor of human hepatocyte growth factor in plasma and sera of patients with liver diseases

Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1728-1734

  Arakaki, Naokatu ^a   Kawakami, Shuichi ^b   Nakamura, Osamu ^a   Ohnishi, Tomokazu ^a   Miyazaki, Hiroomi ^b   Ishii, Takehisa ^c   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^d   Daikuhara, Yasushi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; DISULFIDE; LEUPEPTIN; PROTEINASE; SCATTER FACTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMAL; ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAMSTERS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMAN; LEUPEPTINS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0028790798     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90198-1     Document Type: Article

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