Article
Hepatic stem cells and liver repopulation.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Nov 2003
Dabeva Mariana D, Shafritz David A
Abstract excerpt
Research on hepatic stem cells has entered a new era of controversy, excitement, and great expectations. Although adult liver stem cells have not yet been isolated, an enormous repopulating capacity of transplanted mature hepatocytes under conditions of continuous liver injury has been discovered. Stem/progenitor cells from fetal liver have been successfully isolated and transplanted, repopulating up to 10% of...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Fetus
- Hepatocytes
- Humans
- Liver
- Liver Regeneration
- Phenotype
- Stem Cells
