(RSC96) were purchased from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Cell Bank of Type Culture
Collection (CBTCCCAS). All cell lines were cultured in the proper medium (HyClone, Logan,
UT, USA) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 μg/mL ampicillin, and 100
μg/mL streptomycin under a humidified atmosphere at 37°C with 5% CO2.
Recombinant human HGF (rhHGF) was purchased from ProSpec (ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene,
Rehovot, Israel). Antibodies were purchased from the following sources: anti-c-Met,
anti-p-c-met, and anti-β-actin (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA); anti-MMP-9
(Bioworld, Minneapolis, MN, USA); and anti-NGF, (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA).