Reactive biliary epithelium: The product of a pluripotential stem cell compartment?

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 872-884

  Golding, Matthew ^a   Sarraf, Catherine ^a   Lalani, El Nasir ^a   Alison, Malcolm R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RPMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biliary cells; extracellular matrix; growth factors; intermediate filaments; liver; oval cells; stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

BILE DUCT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TOXICITY; PROGENY; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0029808379     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90212-9     Document Type: Article

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