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Frequent aneuploidy among normal human hepatocytes.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2012
Duncan Andrew W, Hanlon Newell Amy E, Smith Leslie, Wilson Elizabeth M, Olson Susan B, Thayer Matthew J, Strom Stephen C, Grompe Markus
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Murine hepatocytes become polyploid and then undergo ploidy reversal and become aneuploid in a dynamic process called the ploidy conveyor. Although polyploidization occurs in some types of human cells, the degree of aneuploidy in human hepatocytes is not known. We isolated hepatocytes derived from healthy human liver samples and determined chromosome number and identity using traditional karyotyping and...
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