Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) or scatter factor (SF) is a paracrine cellular growth, motility and morphogenic factor. It is secreted by mesenchymal cells and targets and acts primarily upon epithelial cells and endothelial cells, but also acts on haemopoietic progenitor cells and T cells.

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Dec 25, 2024 · HGF (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with HGF include Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 39 and Rare Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Type Dfnb. Among its related pathways are Apoptotic Pathways in Synovial Fibroblasts and MIF Mediated Glucocorticoid Regulation.

Apr 15, 2002 · Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a heparin-binding factor, is synthesized as a single-chain inactive precursor (pro-HGF), which is converted by proteolysis to an active heterodimer (mature HGF). HGF has pleiotropic activities and has been implicated in the regulation of mitogenesis, motogenesis, and morphogenesis of epithelial and endothelial cells.

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its tyrosine kinase receptor, encoded by the MET cellular proto-oncogene, are expressed in the nervous system from pre-natal development to adult life, where they are involved in neuronal growth and survival.

Under normal conditions, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-induced activation of its cell surface receptor, the Met tyrosine kinase (TK), is tightly regulated by paracrine ligand delivery, ligand activation at the target cell surface, and ligand activated receptor internalization and degradation.

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic cytokine composed of an α-chain and a β-chain, and these chains contain four kringle domains and a serine protease-like structure, respectively. The receptor for HGF was identified as the c-met proto-oncogene product of transmembrane receptor tyrosine …

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), also knownasscatter factor (SF),is a paracrine cellular growth, motility and morphogenic factor. It is secreted by mesenchymal cells and targets and acts primarily upon epithelial cells and endothelial cells, but also acts on …

Feb 8, 2025 · The gene expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) increases in cells infected with vpu-deficient HIV-1 compared to cells infected with the wild-type virus, indicating that HIV-1 Vpu downregulates HGF protein expression

HGF is a potent inhibitor of cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by upregulating Bcl-2 through both autocrine and paracrine Epstein-Barr virus-independent pathways. HGF increased the motogenesis and invasiveness of hepatoblasts, but not of human adult hepatocytes, via phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2.