Hopkins et al., Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2004
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Using in vitro models of polarized T84 and Caco-2 intestinal epithelia, we report that HGF promoted epithelial spreading and RhoA GTPase activation in a time dependent manner
Park et al., Mol Biol Cell 2012
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Mer-specific neutralizing antibody, small interfering RNA ( siRNA ), and a recombinant Mer protein ( Mer/Fc ) inhibited HGF mRNA and protein expression, as well as activation of RhoA , Akt, and specific mitogen activated protein ( MAP ) kinases in response to apoptotic cells