c-met expression in pancreatic cancer and effects of hepatocyte growth factor on pancreatic cancer cell growth

Pancreas

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Kiehne, Karlheinz ^a   Herzig, Karl Heinz ^a   Fölsch, Ulrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth stimulation; Hepatocyte growth factor; Pancreatic cancer; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; TYRPHOSTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030657708     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199707000-00005     Document Type: Article

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