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Preexisting epithelial diversity in normal human livers: a tissue-tethered cytometric analysis in portal/periportal epithelial cells.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Apr 2013
Isse Kumiko, Lesniak Andrew, Grama Kedar, Maier John, Specht Susan, Castillo-Rama Marcela, Lunz John, Roysam Badrinath, Michalopoulos George, Demetris Anthony J
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UNLABELLED: Routine light microscopy identifies two distinct epithelial cell populations in normal human livers: hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECs). Considerable epithelial diversity, however, arises during disease states when a variety of hepatocyte-BEC hybrid cells appear. This has been attributed to activation and differentiation of putative hepatic progenitor cells (HPC) residing in the canals of...
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