Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor Types 1 and 2 are Expressed by Tubular Epithelium in Kidney and Down-regulated in Renal Cell Carcinoma
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 171 (2) , 890-896
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000092861.21122.d2
Abstract
Purpose: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor MET have been implicated in kidney development and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) progression. HGF is secreted as an inactive proform an...Keywords
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