Generation of hepatocyte-like cells from in vitro transdifferentiated human fetal pancreas

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-193

  Sumitran Holgersson, Suchitra ^a,d   Nowak, Greg ^a   Thowfeequ, Shifaan ^b   Begum, Setara ^a   Joshi, Meghnad ^a   Jaksch, Marie ^c   Kjaeldgaard, Anders ^a   Jorns, Carl ^a   Ericzon, Bo Göran ^a   Tosh, David ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholangiocytes; Dexamethasone; Fibroblast growth factor; Hepatocytes; Retrorsine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 8; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RETRORSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PANCREAS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 66849125982     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788341333     Document Type: Article

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