Efficient generation of functional hepatocyte-like cells from human fetal hepatic progenitor cells in vitro

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2051-2058

  Zhang, Weitao ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Liu, Baoqing ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Li, Wen ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; ONCOSTATIN M; SCATTER FACTOR; UREA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETAL HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELL; FETAL STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALBUMINS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FETUS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; ONCOSTATIN M; STEM CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY; UREA;

EID: 84862970299     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22934     Document Type: Article

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