Mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma might derive from biliary tree stem/progenitor cells located in peribiliary glands

Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2041-2042

  Cardinale, Vincenzo ^a   Wang, Yunfang ^b   Carpino, Guido ^c   Reid, Lola M ^d   Gaudio, Eugenio ^a,c   Alvaro, Domenico ^a,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; LETTER; LIVER; METAPLASIA; MORPHOLOGY; PANCREAS DUCT; PATHOGENESIS; PERIBILIARY GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84861552732     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25587     Document Type: Letter

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