Article
Oval cell proliferation and the origin of small hepatocytes in liver injury induced by D-galactosamine.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Sept 1991
Lemire J M, Shiojiri N, Fausto N
Abstract excerpt
Oval cells may function as facultative liver stem cells and tumor progenitors in liver carcinogenesis. The authors determined whether oval cells proliferate and if small hepatocytes might be generated from epithelial cell progenitors in noncarcinogenic liver injury. The authors found that oval cells similar to those detected in early carcinogenesis proliferate in response to D-galactosamine (GaIN). Oval cells...
Topics
- Animals
- Bile Ducts
- Binding Sites
- Biomarkers
- Cell Division
- Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
- Galactosamine
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lectins
- Liver
- Liver Diseases
