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連載 眼科医にもわかる生理活性物質と眼疾患の基本・13
文献概要
肝細胞増殖因子(hepatocyte growth factor:HGF)は肝細胞に特異的に作用する増殖促進因子と考えられていたが,さまざまな細胞に多様な作用を有するmultifunctional cytokineである。血管新生作用があることから,血管内皮増殖因子(vascular endothelial growth factor:VEGF)や塩基性線維芽細胞増殖因子(basic fibroblast growth factor:bFGF)とともに冠動脈疾患などの閉塞性血管疾患の治療に応用されている。本稿では,HGFの基礎知識から眼疾患へのかかわりまでをまとめてみた。
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