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Timing and sequence of differentiation of embryonic rat hepatocytes along the biliary epithelial lineage.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2003
Notenboom Robbert G E, van den Bergh Weerman Marius A, Dingemans Koert P, Vermeulen Jacqueline L M, van den Eijnde Stefan, Reutelingsperger Chris P, Hut Hans, Willemsen Rob, Offerhaus G Johan A, Lamers Wouter H
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To study the differentiation of hepatocytes along the biliary epithelial lineage in vivo, embryonic day 14 (E14) rat hepatocytes were isolated by differential centrifugation and transplanted as single-cell suspensions into the spleen of adult syngeneic rats. Hepatocytes and cholangiocytes were identified and their maturation characterized by the level of expression of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), glutamate...
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