Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Scatter Factor Is an Autocrine Factor for Human Normal Bronchial Epithelial and Lung Carcinoma Cells 1

Departments of Pathology [M-S. T., A. G.] and Medicine and Oncology [I. V.], Montreal General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4; Department of Medicine and Oncology, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1 [H. z., NI. P.]; and Department of Biology, Kyushu University, 6-10-i, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812, Japan [T. N.]

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