Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes proliferation and function of hepatocyte-like cells in embryoid bodies formed from mouse embryonic stem cells

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 962-973

  Fujimori, Hiroaki ^a   Asahina, Kinji ^a   Shimizu Saito, Keiko ^a   Ikeda, Reiko ^a   Tanaka, Yujiro ^a   Teramoto, Kenichi ^a   Morita, Ikuo ^a   Teraoka, Hirobumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cyp7a1; Embryoid body; Embryonic stem cell; Endothelial cell; Hepatocyte; Hepatocyte growth factor; Liver; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 43049164457     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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