Identification of a bipotential precursor cell in hepatic cell lines derived from transgenic mice expressing cyto-Met in the liver

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1101-1112

  Spagnoli, Francesca M ^a   Amicone, Laura ^b   Tripodi, Marco ^b   Weiss, Mary C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidic FGF; Epithelial morphogenesis; Hepatic development and differentiation; HGF SF; Liver enriched transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HNF1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HNF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LIVER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LAMININ; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032538839     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.4.1101     Document Type: Article

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