Abstract
Various cytokines and soluble growth factors upon interaction with their membrane receptors are responsible for inducing cellular proliferation, differentiation, movement, and protection from anoikis (a planned suicide activated by normal cells in absence of attachment to neighboring cells or extracellular matrix (EMC)). Among those soluble factors a major position is exerted by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) together with its receptor MET and macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP) in cooperation with its receptor RON.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Apoptosis / physiology
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Disease Progression
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Hepatocyte Growth Factor / metabolism
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Humans
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Neoplasm Invasiveness*
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Neoplasm Metastasis*
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Neoplasms* / metabolism
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Neoplasms* / pathology
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Neoplasms* / therapy
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / genetics
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / metabolism*
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
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Signal Transduction / physiology
Substances
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Hepatocyte Growth Factor
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met
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RON protein
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases