The oval-shaped cell as a candidate for a liver stem cell in embryonic, neonatal and precancerous liver: Identification based on morphology and immunohistochemical staining for albumin and pyruvate kinase isoenzyme expression

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-250

  Tian, Yan Wu ^a   Smith, Patrick G J ^a   Yeoh, George C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLINE; ETHIONINE; ISOENZYME; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BILE DUCTS; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; ETHIONINE; FOOD, FORMULATED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PYRUVATE KINASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELLS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030981924     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050109     Document Type: Article

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