The quest for liver progenitor cells: A practical point of view

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-129

  Dollé, Laurent ^a   Best, Jan ^a   Mei, Jie ^a   Al Battah, Feras ^a   Reynaert, Hendrik ^a   van Grunsven, Leo A ^a   Geerts, Albert ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liver injury; Liver progenitor cells; Liver regeneration; Oval cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROGENITOR CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; MICE; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 71149086704     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.10.009     Document Type: Review

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