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Portal venous endothelium in developing human liver contains haematopoietic and epithelial progenitor cells.
Experimental cell research - 15 May 2010
Terrace John D, Hay David C, Samuel Kay, Anderson Richard A, Currie Ian S, Parks Rowan W, Forbes Stuart J, Ross James A
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Future treatments for chronic liver disease are likely to involve manipulation of liver progenitor cells (LPCs). In the human, data characterising the regenerative response is limited and the origin of adult LPCs is unknown. However, these remain critical factors in the design of cell-based liver therapies. The developing human liver provides an ideal model to study cell lineage derivation from progenitors and to...
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