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Liver development and cancer formation in zebrafish.
Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews - 1 Jun 2011
Lu Jeng-Wei, Hsia Yu, Tu Hsiao-Chen, Hsiao Yung-Chun, Yang Wan-Yu, Wang Horng-Dar, Yuh Chiou-Hwa
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Liver is the largest organ in the human body, and it regulates many physiological processes. Many studies on liver development in different model organisms have demonstrated that the mechanism of hepatogenesis is conserved in vertebrates. The identification of the genes and regulatory pathways involved in liver formation provides a basis for the diagnosis of liver diseases and therapeutic interventions....
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