Induction of hepatocyte growth factor production in human dermal fibroblasts and their proliferation by the extract of bitter melon pulp

Cytokine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Ono, Takehiro ^a   Tsuji, Tomoe ^a   Sakai, Miho ^b   Yukizaki, Chizuko ^b   Ino, Hisatoshi ^c   Akagi, Isao ^d   Hiramatsu, Kaori ^a   Matsumoto, Yohsuke ^a   Sugiura, Yoshihiro ^a   Uto, Hirofumi ^e   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^e   Gohda, Eiichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Foundation   (Japan)

^c Miyazaki Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^d Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Support Foundation   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitter melon; Cell proliferation; Dermal fibroblast; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Hepatocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; SCATTER FACTOR; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CUCURBITACEAE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

CUCUMIS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 62749083634     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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