Hepatic progenitors for liver disease: Current position

Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-47

  Conigliaro, Alice ^a   Brenner, David A ^b   Kisseleva, Tatiana ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocytes; Hepatic progenitor; Hepatocytes; Intrahepatic stem cells; Liver disease; Liver precursor cells; Oval cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LOSS; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER CELL NUCLEUS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL EXPANSION;

EID: 77958599119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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