Does hepatocyte growth factor increase glucagon immunoreactivity in jejunal cells during intestinal adaptation?
Our data suggest that the HGF-induced increase in glucagon availability is disassociated from glucagon gene up-regulation. Thus, HGF may not only enhance intestinal adaptation directly, but also indirectly by increasing the "local" availability of other growth factors in the absence of their gene up-regulation.
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