Murine gallbladder epithelial cells can differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells in vitro

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kuver, Rahul ^a,b   Savard, Christopher E ^a   Sung, Koo Lee ^a   Haigh, W Geoffrey ^a   Lee, Sum P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary epithelium; Cell culture; Stem cells; Transdifferentiation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BILE ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; JAGGED1; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GALLBLADDER; LIVER CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAZEPAM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GALLBLADDER; GENES, REPORTER; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36148932552     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00263.2006     Document Type: Article

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