Expansion conditions for early hepatic progenitor cells from embryonal and neonatal rat livers

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 364-371

  Brill, Shlomo ^a,c   Zvibel, Isabel ^a   Reid, Lola M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfoxide; Hepatic stem cells; Liver; Oval cells; Progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032911219     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026666820422     Document Type: Article

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