Protein engineered variants of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor promote proliferation of primary human hepatocytes and in rodent liver

Gastroenterology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 897-906

  Ross, Jacob ^a   Gherardi, Ermanno ^b,e   Mallorquifernandez, Noemi ^b,e   Bocci, Marco ^b,e   Sobkowicz, Anna ^b,e   Rees, Myrrdin ^c   Rowe, Arthur ^d   Ellmerich, Stephan ^a   Massie, Isobel ^a   Soeda, Junpei ^a   Selden, Clare ^a   Hodgson, Humphrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binding Mutant; Cirrhosis; Growth Factor; Mouse Model

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; FAS LIGAND; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN 1K1; PROTEIN HP21; SCATTER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84859377039     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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