Liver regeneration and repair: Hepatocytes, progenitor cells, and stem cells

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1477-1487

  Fausto, Nelson ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHIMERA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NECROSIS; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 2542601615     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20214     Document Type: Review

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