Effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and activin A on the morphogenesis of rat submandibular gland-derived epithelial cells in serum- free collagen gel culture

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-135

  Furue, Miho ^a   Okamoto, Tetsuji ^b   Hayashi, Hiroyuki ^c   Sato, J Denry ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^d   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Adirondack Biomedical Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Branching morphogenesis; HGF; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; COLLAGEN GEL; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCHYME CELL; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033050246     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-999-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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