Hepatocyte growth factor prevents endoto
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Ken-ichiro Kosai; Kunio Matsumoto; Hiroshi Funakoshi; Toshikazu Nakamura
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Sepsis and endotoxemia are involved in the development of fulminant hepatic failure, the prognosis of which is extremely poor and the mortality is high, with no available effective therapy. Here, we report that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) exerts potent antiapoptotic effects in vivo and effectivel