title: The MET receptor tyrosine kinase in invasion and metastasis.
abstract: Various cytokines and soluble growth factors upon interaction with their membrane receptors are responsible for inducing cellular proliferation, differentiation, movement, and protection from anoikis (a planned suicide activated by normal cells in absence of attachment to neighboring cells or extracellular matrix (EMC)). Among those soluble factors a major position is exerted by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) together with its receptor MET and macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP) in cooperation with its receptor RON.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Turin Medical School, Candiolo (Torino), Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.forename: Paolo M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Comoglio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; C080835:RON protein; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases