HGF, hepatocyte growth factor, 3082

N. diseases: 671; N. variants: 22
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Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Moreover, downregulation of lncRNA UCA1 and HGF inhibited cell proliferation and facilitated cell apoptosis in RPMI 8226 cells (human MM cell line). 31356563 2019
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-met pathway activation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM), and blocking this pathway has been considered a rational therapeutic strategy for treating MM. 30353654 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Several autocrine soluble factors, including macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), tumor necrosis factor-α, and hepatocyte growth factor, promote cell survival and growth in multiple myeloma (MM) cells. 29057477 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been demonstrated to promote MM cell growth. 30233724 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Targeting angiogenesis in multiple myeloma by the VEGF and HGF blocking DARPin<sup>®</sup> protein MP0250: a preclinical study. 29568363 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of the present study was designed to determine the effects of rHuEpo on cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and MM patients by means of in vitro and in vivo assays. rHuEpo treatment reduces the expression of mRNA levels of fibroblast activation markers, namely alpha smooth actin (αSMA) and fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in MGUS and MM CAFs, and of pro-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8, vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in MM CAFs. 29589107 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The receptor tyrosine kinase c-Met, its ligand HGF, and components of the downstream signalling pathway, have all been implicated in the pathogenesis of myeloma, both as modulators of plasma cell proliferation and as agents driving osteoclast differentiation and osteoblast inhibition thus, all these contribute substantially to the bone destruction typically caused by myeloma. 29924867 2018
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE MGUS and MM patients presenting with hyposialylated pc IgGs had significantly higher levels of HGF, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, TGF-β1, IL-17, and IL-33 compared to patients with hyper-sialylated pc IgGs (<i>p</i> < 0.05). 29098000 2017
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review addresses the role of MET/HGF in the pathogenesis of myeloma and describes the role of MET/HGF signaling as a prognostic factor. 25967746 2015
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In this study, we examined the association between bone marrow angiogenesis estimated as micro-vessel density (MVD) and gene expression of SDC1, HGF, VEGF and IL6 in whole bone marrow biopsies from healthy volunteers (n = 10), patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) (n = 35) and MM (n = 65). 25353275 2015
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We report here that elevated HGF transcription in MM was traced to DNA mutations in the promoter alleles of HGF. 26220195 2015
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Abnormal activation of MET/HGF (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) pathway has been described in several tumours and increased HGF plasmatic levels have been detected in patients with aggressive multiple myeloma (MM). 24450886 2014
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE An autocrine HGF/cMET loop sustains multiple myeloma angiogenesis and represents an appealing new target to potentiate the antiangiogenic management of patients with multiple myeloma. 25212607 2014
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The HGF bone marrow plasma level was significantly lower in MM patients with no/limited versus advanced LBD. 23431957 2013
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE HGF-c-MET signaling is involved in many human malignancies, including multiple myeloma (MM). 23952536 2013
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Their expression was enhanced by vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor 2, hepatocyte growth factor and MM plasma cell conditioned medium in step with enhancement of MMEC angiogenesis. 21963844 2012
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In vitro, addition of recombinant heparanase to myeloma cells or transfection of myeloma cell lines with the cDNA for heparanase significantly increased tumor cell expression and secretion of biologically active HGF. 21131364 2011
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our findings suggest that genetic variants in SERPINE1 and HGF, and possibly CCR7, are associated with MM risk, and warrant further investigation in other studies. 20658475 2011
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE HGF potentiated IL-6-induced growth in human myeloma cell lines and in purified primary myeloma cells. 19187270 2009
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The in vitro data were supported by the observation of a negative correlation between HGF and a marker of osteoblast activity, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (rho = -0.45, P = .008), in sera from 34 patients with myeloma. 17138824 2007
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Multiple myeloma (MM) cells produce HGF, and the plasma concentration of HGF is significantly elevated in patients with clinically active MM, suggesting that HGF might play a role in the pathogenesis of MM. 17179234 2007
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although we have previously shown that HGF/MET signaling controls survival and proliferation of multiple myeloma (MM), its role in the pathogenesis of other B-cell malignancies has remained largely unexplored. 16189274 2006
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease LHGDN A potential key signal in the evolution of MM is hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), which acts as a potent paracrine and/or autocrine growth factor and survival factor for MM cells. 15172968 2004
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease LHGDN An interesting candidate signal is hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF), since its receptor Met is expressed on MM cells, while HGF is produced by BM stromal cells and by some MM cell lines, enabling para- or autocrine interaction. 12682635 2003
CUI: C0026764
Disease: Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results identify syndecan-1 as a functional coreceptor for HGF that promotes HGF/Met signaling in MM cells, thus suggesting a novel function for syndecan-1 in MM tumorigenesis. 11830493 2002