Flexible lineage specifications of adult hepatic cells, associated molecular pathways, and their relationship to liver cancer

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Michalopoulos, George K ^a  

^a MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facultative stem cells; Hepatocellular carcinomas; Hepatocyte progenitor cells; Organoid cultures

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 33745188296     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000006783982377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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