DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating HGF and arteriosclerosis

HGF [ENSP00000222390]

Hepatocyte growth factor alpha chain; Potent mitogen for mature parenchymal hepatocyte cells, seems to be a hepatotrophic factor, and acts as a growth factor for a broad spectrum of tissues and cell types. Activating ligand for the receptor tyrosine kinase MET by binding to it and promoting its dimerization. ; Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. Plasminogen subfamily.

Synonyms:  HGF,  A0A2R8YEI1,  C9JDP4,  C9JS80,  C9WSJ3 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM