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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 .
54426 Ensembl ENSG00000109758 ENSMUSG00000029102 UniProt Q04756 Q9R098 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001297439 NM_001528 NM_019447 RefSeq (protein) NP_001284368 NP_001519 NP_062320 Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 3.44 – 3.45 Mb Chr 5: 35.2 – 35.21 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Hepatocyte growth factor activator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HGFAC gene. The protein ...
A growth factor is a naturally occurring substance capable of stimulating cell proliferation, wound healing, and occasionally cellular differentiation. [1] Usually it is a secreted protein or a steroid hormone .
Hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGF receptor) [5] [6] is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MET gene.The protein possesses tyrosine kinase activity. [7] The primary single chain precursor protein is post-translationally cleaved to produce the alpha and beta subunits, which are disulfide linked to form the mature receptor.
Insulin-like growth factor 1, a polypeptide protein hormone which plays an important role in childhood growth and continues to have anabolic effects in adults; Thrombopoietin, a glycoprotein hormone that regulates the production of platelets by the bone marrow
The typical hepatocyte is cubical with sides of 20-30 μm, (in comparison, a human hair has a diameter of 17 to 180 μm). [1] The typical volume of a hepatocyte is 3.4 x 10 −9 cm 3. [2] Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is abundant in hepatocytes, in contrast to most other cell types. [3]
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a mitogen and insulin tropic agent for the β cell. Inadequate β-cell mass can lead to insulin insufficiency and diabetes. During times of prolonged metabolic demand for insulin, the endocrine pancreas can respond by increasing β-cell mass, both by increasing cell size and by changing the balance between β ...
Human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is an 80kD [1] pleiotropic protein that is endogenously produced by a variety of cell types from the mesenchymal cell lineage (such as cardiomyocytes and neurons). [4] It is produced and proteolytically cleaved to its active state in response to cellular injury or during apoptosis.