The existence of multipotent stem cells with epithelial-mesenchymal transition features in the human liver bud

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2047-2055

  Su, Juan ^a   You, Pu ^a   Li, Wen Lin ^a   Tao, Xin Rong ^a   Zhu, Hai Ying ^a   Yao, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Yu, Hong Yu ^c   Han, Qing Wang ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Liu, Fang Xia ^a   Xu, Jun ^d   Lau, Joseph T Y ^e   Hu, Yi Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d The 105th Hospital of PLA   (China)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Fetal liver; Liver bud; Liver development; Multipotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; SCID MOUSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149282880     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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