Origin of stellate cells from submesothelial cells in a developing human liver

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1437-1445

  Loo, Christine K C ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Juan ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Liver development; Stellate cells; Submesothelial cells

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL;

BETA CATENIN; EPITHELIUM; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES;

EID: 54049111838     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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