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Human cirrhosis: monoclonal regenerative nodules derived from hepatic progenitor cells abutting ductular reaction.
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique - 1 Jan 2000
Bioulac-Sage P, Balabaud C
Abstract excerpt
Cirrhosis is a premalignant condition leading to hepatocellular carcinoma. Cirrhotic nodules are surrounded by a rim of CK 7/CK19-positive biliary cells termed ductular reaction. Half of all regenerative cirrhotic nodules are thought to be monoclonal by studying the pattern of inactivation of the X-linked human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA). Using a new technique for lineage tracing in human liver based on the...
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