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Endogenous hepatocyte growth factor ameliorates chronic renal injury by activating matrix degradation pathways.
Kidney international - 1 Nov 2000
Liu Y, Rajur K, Tolbert E, Dworkin L D
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BACKGROUND: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been shown to promote tubule repair and renal regeneration following acute injury; however, whether HGF also modulates the development and progression of chronic renal diseases that are characterized by progressive tissue fibrosis is uncertain. To ex...
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