Maintaining hepatocyte differentiation in vitro through co-culture with hepatic stellate cells

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Primary hepatocytes lose their differentiated functions rapidly when in culture. Our aim was to maintain the differentiated status of hepatocytes in vitro by means of vital hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), their soluble and particulate factors and lipid extracts. Hepatocytes were placed into collagen-coated culture dishes in the presence of HSCs at different ages of pre-culture, with or without direct cell to cell...

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