title: Hepatocyte growth factor deficiency in COPD: a mechanism of emphysema and small airway fibrosis?
authors.affiliation: From the Airway Disease Section, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England. Electronic address: p.j.barnes@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D055745:Bronchioles / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor