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Expression of hepatocyte-like phenotypes in bone marrow stromal cells after HGF induction.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 30 Jul 2004
Wang P Ping, Wang Jian H, Yan Zhi P, Hu M Y, Lau George K, Fan Sheung Tat, Luk John M
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Bone marrow comprises heterogeneous cell populations, of which certain progenitors have demonstrated the ability to differentiate into multiple mesenchymal cell lineages. This study demonstrates the bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) with intrinsic plasticity to differentiate into hepatocyte-like phenotypes under in vitro induction of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). BMSCs isolated from rat femurs and tibias were...
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