Properties and functions of scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor c-Met.
Scatter factor (SF), a cell motility factor with a multimodular structure, is identical to hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a potent mitogen of various cell types. The receptor for SF/HGF has recently been identified as the c-Met proto-oncogene product, a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase. Depending on the target cells and culture conditions, SF/HGF has several distinct activities in vitro, i.e., it induces cell motility, proliferation, invasiveness, tubular morphogenesis, angiogenesis, or cytotoxicity. In vivo, SF/HGF might be involved in tissue regeneration, tumor progression, and embryological processes.
Weidner
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Institut für Zellbiologie (Tumorforschung), Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany.
Hartmann
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Sachs
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Birchmeier
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met