Characteristics of hepatic stem/progenitor cells in the fetal and adult liver

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Koike, Hiroyuki ^a   Taniguchi, Hideki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver; Self renewal; Stem progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA CATENIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CHOLANGIOCYTE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER STEM CELL; LIVER STEM CELL REGULATION; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; OVAL CELL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; FETUS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84872185985     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-012-0544-4     Document Type: Article

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