A novel human hepatoma cell line, FLC-4, exhibits highly enhanced liver differentiation functions through the three-dimensional cell shape

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2898-2906

  Laurent, Thomas ^a   Murase, Daiki ^a   Tsukioka, Sayaka ^a   Matsuura, Tomokazu ^b   Nagamori, Seishi ^c   Oda, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA ACTIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; CYTOCHROME P450 3A7; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL LIVER CELL 4; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SHAPE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROTUBULES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84858682540     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.23033     Document Type: Article

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