"Hepatocyte Growth Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Multifunctional growth factor which regulates both cell growth and cell motility. It exerts a strong mitogenic effect on hepatocytes and primary epithelial cells. Its receptor is PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET.
| Descriptor ID |
D017228
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.420 D12.776.467.374.420 D23.529.374.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepatocyte Growth Factor- Hepatocyte Growth Factor
- Factor, Hepatocyte Growth
- Growth Factor, Hepatocyte
- Scatter Factor
- Factor, Scatter
- Hepatopoietin
- Hepatopoietin A
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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