Functional characteristics of reversibly immortalized hepatic progenitor cells derived from mouse embryonic liver

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1318-1338

  Bi, Yang ^a,b   He, Yun ^a,b,c   Huang, Jiayi ^a,c   Su, Yuxi ^a,b,c   Zhu, Gao Hui ^a,b,c   Wang, Yi ^a,b,c   Qiao, Min ^c,d   Zhang, Bing Qiang ^c,d   Zhang, Hongyu ^c,d   Wang, Zhongliang ^a,b,c   Liu, Wei ^a,b,c   Cui, Jing ^c,d   Kang, Quan ^a,b,c   Zhang, Zhonglin ^c,e   Deng, Youlin ^c,d   Li, Ruifang ^c,e   Zhang, Qian ^a,b,c   Yang, Ke ^a,b,c   Luu, Hue H ^c   Haydon, Rex C ^c   He, Tong Chuan ^a,b,c   Tang, Ni ^d   more..

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Stem Cell Therapy Engineering and Technology Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatic differentiation; Hepatic progenitor cells; Hepatocyte transplantation; Liver stem cells; Reversible immortalization; SV40 large T antigen

Indexed keywords

ALB PROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; DELTA LIKE PROTEIN LIKE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS T ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELL; IMMORTALIZED CELL LINE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LOXP SITE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HEK293 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, NUDE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84908622371     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000366340     Document Type: Article

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