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Hepatocyte Growth Factor, a Determinant of Airspace Homeostasis in the Murine Lung

The alveolar compartment, the fundamental gas exchange unit in the lung, is critical for tissue oxygenation and viability. We explored hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a pleiotrophic cytokine that promotes epithelial proliferation, morphogenesis, migration, and resistance to apoptosis, as a candidate...

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Autores principales: Calvi, Carla, Podowski, Megan, Lopez-Mercado, Armando, Metzger, Shana, Misono, Kaori, Malinina, Alla, Dikeman, Dustin, Poonyagariyon, Hataya, Ynalvez, Leslie, Derakhshandeh, Roshanak, Le, Anne, Merchant, Mark, Schwall, Ralph, Neptune, Enid R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003228