ReviewCancer science2017
Hepatocyte growth factor/MET in cancer progression and biomarker discovery.
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143 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 237 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Markers of liver regeneration-the role of growth factors and cytokines: a systematic review.BMC surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- The HGF/MET Axis in Advanced Prostate Cancer: From Context-Dependent Biology to Biomarker-Driven Therapeutic Strategies.Cancers · 2026Review
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- Somatostatin Effect on Growth Factors in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Qoppa as a New Pan-Tumor Synthetic Parameter Derived from Tumor-Associated Biomarkers for Identifying Oncology Patients at High Risk of Metastasis: A Prospective Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- MET signaling drives acquired resistance to erdafitinib in muscle-invasive bladder cancer cells.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Cell reprogramming in cancer: Interplay of genetic, epigenetic mechanisms, and the tumor microenvironment in carcinogenesis and metastasis.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025Review
- A Novel Serum-Based Bioassay for Quantification of Cancer-Associated Transformation Activity: A Case-Control and Animal Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Usability Evaluation of Urinary HAI-1, STMN-1 and TN-C in the Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Humanized dual-targeting antibody-drug conjugates specific to MET and RON receptors as a pharmaceutical strategy for the treatment of cancers exhibiting phenotypic heterogeneity.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2025Article
- Colorectal Cancer: Current and Future Therapeutic Approaches and Related Technologies Addressing Multidrug Strategies Against Multiple Level Resistance Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Aberrant angiogenic signaling in HCC: therapeutic targeting and drug resistance.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- HGF/c-MET axis contributes to CLL cell survival by regulating multiple mechanisms making it a potential therapeutic target for CLL treatment.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Drug Delivery System Targeting Cancer-Associated Fibroblast for Improving Immunotherapy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Signaling driven by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and MET receptor facilitates conspicuous biological responses such as epithelial cell migration, 3-D morphogenesis, and survival. The dynamic migration and promotion of cell survival induced by MET activation are bases for invasion-metastasis and resistance, respectively, against targeted drugs in cancers. Recent studies indicated that MET in tumor-derived exosomes facilitates metastatic niche formation and metastasis in malignant melanoma. In lung cancer, gene amplification-induced MET activation and ligand-dependent MET activation in an autocrine/paracrine manner are causes for resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors. Hepatocyte growth factor secreted in the tumor microenvironment contributes to the innate and acquired resistance to RAF inhibitors. Changes in serum/plasma HGF, soluble MET (sMET), and phospho-MET have been confirmed to be associated with disease progression, metastasis, therapy response, and survival. Higher serum/plasma HGF levels are associated with therapy resistance and/or metastasis, while lower HGF levels are associated with progression-free survival and overall survival after treatment with targeted drugs in lung cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, and malignant melanoma. Urinary sMET levels in patients with bladder cancer are higher than those in patients without bladder cancer and associated with disease progression. Some of the multi-kinase inhibitors that target MET have received regulatory approval, whereas none of the selective HGF-MET inhibitors have shown efficacy in phase III clinical trials. Validation of the HGF-MET pathway as a critical driver in cancer development/progression and utilization of appropriate biomarkers are key to development and approval of HGF-MET inhibitors for clinical use.
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