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Proliferation and hepatic differentiation of adult-derived progenitor cells.
Cells, tissues, organs - 1 Jan 2003
Wang Jian, Clark J Brian, Rhee Gyu-Seek, Fair Jeff H, Reid Lola M, Gerber David A
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Hepatic progenitor cells, capable of maturing into hepatocytes and biliary cells, are hypothesized to be involved in all forms of liver regeneration and may prove clinically useful at reconstituting damaged livers. A murine hepatic progenitor cell population from young adult liver tissue has been isolated and characterized to establish a model for the development of liver cell therapies and for analysis of immune...
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