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Isolation of epithelial cells with hepatobiliary phenotype.
Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia - 1 Jan 2000
Castorina Sergio, Luca Tonia, Torrisi Antonella, Privitera Giovanna, Panebianco Mariangela
Abstract excerpt
The regenerative capacity of the liver after partial hepatectomy or chemical injury is well known. In human liver, the resident progenitor cells are called "hepatic progenitor cells" (HPCs) while the term "oval cells" should be discouraged in order to indicate the stem cell compartment. The aim of our study was first to analyse the cellular aspects of liver regeneration through differentiation in cholangiocytes...
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