Generation of hepatocytes from oval cell precursors in culture

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 5514-5522

  Lázaro, Catherine A ^a   Rhim, Jonathan A ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Fausto, Nelson ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN GEL; CYTOKERATIN; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHENOTYPE; RATS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0032404146     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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