| Literature DB >> 9705834 |
T Moriyama1, H Kataoka, R Hamasuna, K Yokogami, H Uehara, H Kawano, T Goya, H Tsubouchi, M Koono, S Wakisaka.
Abstract
Recent findings suggest that hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) contributes to the malignant progression of human gliomas. We investigated the effect of HGF/SF on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression of c-Met/HGF receptor-positive human glioma cell lines. Treatment of the glioma cells with various concentrations of HGF/SF resulted in an enhanced secretion of VEGF proteins accompanying increased transcription of VEGF mRNA in a dose-dependent fashion. Since malignant gliomas frequently co-express HGF/SF and its receptor, these results suggest that HGF/SF could act as an indirect angiogenic factor through autocrine induction of VEGF expression and secretion in malignant gliomas.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9705834 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9078
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575