Scientific Publications

Properties and functions of scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor c-Met

K.M. Weidner
G. Hartmann
M. Sachs
W. Birchmeier

E-cadherin expression in primary and metastatic gastric cancer: down-regulation correlates with cellular dedifferentiation and glandular disintegration

B. Mayer
J.P. Johnson
F. Leitl
K.W. Jauch
M.M. Heiss
F.W. Schildberg
W. Birchmeier
I. Funke

February 01, 1993 / J Cell Biol

Loss of epithelial differentiation and gain of invasiveness correlates with tyrosine phosphorylation of the E-cadherin/?catenin complex in cells transformed with a temperature-sensitive v-SRC gene

J. Behrens
L. Vakaet
R. Friis
E. Winterhager
F. van Roy
M.M. Mareel
W. Birchmeier

Molecular characteristics of HGF-SF and its role in cell motility and invasion

K.M. Weidner
G. Hartmann
L. Naldini
P.M. Comoglio
M. Sachs
C. Fonatsch
H. Rieder
W. Birchmeier

A functional domain in the heavy chain of scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor binds the c-Met receptor and induces cell dissociation but not mitogenesis

G. Hartmann
L. Naldini
K.M. Weidner
M. Sachs
E. Vigna
P.M. Comoglio
W. Birchmeier

The Met receptor tyrosine kinase transduces motility, proliferation, andmorphogenic signals of scatter factor/ hepatocyte growth factor in epithelial cells

K.M. Weidner
M. Sachs
W. Birchmeier

Extracellular proteolytic cleavage by urokinase is required for activation of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor

L. Naldini
L. Tamagnone
E. Vigna
M. Sachs
G. Hartmann
W. Birchmeier
Y. Daikuhara
H. Tsubouchi
F. Blasi
P.M. Comoglio

Molecular mechanisms leading to cell junction (cadherin) deficiency in invasive carcinomas

W. Birchmeier
K.M. Weidner
J. Huelsken
J. Behrens

Cell adhesion in invasion and metastasis

J. Behrens
U. Frixen
J. Schipper
K.M. Weidner
W. Birchmeier

Deletion of the e-Cadherin gene in hepatitis-B virus-positive chinese hepatocellular carcinomas

B.L. Slagle
Y.Z. Zhou
W. Birchmeier
K.A. Scorsone