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Origin and characterization of a human bipotent liver progenitor cell line.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2004
Parent Romain, Marion Marie-Jeanne, Furio Laetitia, Trépo Christian, Petit Marie-Anne
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Liver progenitor cells may be important in carcinogenesis resulting from human chronic liver diseases. The HepaRG cell line has been established from a liver tumor associated with chronic hepatitis C. We observed that these cells showed an evident morphological heterogeneity, displaying both hepatocyte-like and biliary-like epithelial phenotypes. Our goal was to determine whether they could...
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