The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Hepatocyte Growth Factor (Hepapoietin A; Scatter Factor) across different species:

hepatocyte growth factor (hepapoietin A; scatter factor) (HGF), hepatocyte growth factor (Hgf), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)

Other aliases include:

SF, HGFB, HPTA, F-TCF, DFNB39, NK1, NK2, HGF/SF, SF/HGF, C230052L06Rik, HGF, CACNA2D1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Hepatocyte Growth Factor (Hepapoietin A; Scatter Factor):

hepatocyte growth factor – scatter factor – hepatopoietin A – OTTHUMP00000206710 – lung fibroblast-derived mitogen – fibroblast-derived tumor cytotoxic factor – SF – hepatopoeitin-A – hepapoietin A – HGF alpha-chain – hepatocyte growth factor /scatter factor – calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1

Hepatocyte Growth Factor (Hepapoietin A; Scatter Factor) fulfills a number of functions:

catalytic activity – growth factor activity – protein binding – serine-type endopeptidase activity – protein heterodimerization activity – hepatocyte growth factor receptor binding

Hepatocyte Growth Factor (Hepapoietin A; Scatter Factor) is relevant to the following processes:

activation of MAPK activity – anti-apoptosis – cell morphogenesis – epithelial to mesenchymal transition – hepatocyte growth factor receptor signaling pathway – liver development – mitosis – myoblast proliferation – proteolysis – regulation of branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis by mesenchymal-epithelial signaling – cell proliferation – negative regulation of apoptosis – cellular component movement – organ regeneration – positive regulation of cell proliferation

Locations for Hepatocyte Growth Factor (Hepapoietin A; Scatter Factor):

extracellular region – platelet alpha granule lumen – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology