Expression of specific hepatocyte and cholangiocyte transcription factors in human liver disease and embryonic development

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 865-872

  Limaye, Pallavi B ^a   Alarcón, Gabriela ^a   Walls, Andrew L ^a   Nalesnik, Michael A ^a   Michalopoulos, George K ^a   Demetris, Anthony J ^a   Ochoa, Erin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary epithelial cells; Embryonic human liver; Hepatocytes; Transcription factors; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY CELL; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 48749116279     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2008.56     Document Type: Article

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