產品詳情介紹
肝細胞生長因子(hepatocyte growth factor，HGF)是存在于急性肝損傷動物血漿中的蛋白因子，它能刺激肝細胞的DNA合成，且在肝再生過程中起重要作用。HGF由728個氨基酸構成，其活性形式是由一條重鏈(α鏈)和一條輕鏈(β鏈)組成的異二聚體，α鏈N-端有一發(fā)夾結構；β鏈有絲氨酸蛋白酶樣結構[1-3]。HGF刺激有絲分裂、細胞運動和基質侵襲的能力使其在血管生成、腫瘤發(fā)生、組織再生和心肌保護中發(fā)揮核心作用[4-5]。HGF還與多種癌癥有關，包括肺癌、胰腺癌、甲狀腺癌、結腸癌和乳腺癌[6]。
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