Liver Stem Cells: Experimental Findings and Implications for Human Liver Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 876-882

  Michalopoulos, George K ^a   Khan, Zahida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocytes; Hepatocytes; Liver Progenitor Cell; Liver Specific Tissue Stem Cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN TWEAK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHOLANGIOCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER STEM CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MUCOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84942328041     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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