A single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals precise pathways and regulatory mechanisms underlying hepatoblast differentiation

Hepatology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1387-1401

  Yang, Li ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Qiu, Wei Lin ^a   Guo, Zhen ^a   Bi, Erfei ^b   Xu, Cheng Ran ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CHOLANGIOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; LIVER; MAPK SIGNALING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85032616871     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29353     Document Type: Article

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