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Generation of hepatocyte-like cells from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by co-culturing embryoid body cells with liver non-parenchymal cell line TWNT-1.
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP - 1 Feb 2014
Javed M Shahid, Yaqoob Naeem, Iwamuro Masaya, Kobayashi Naoya, Fujiwara Toshiyoshi
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OBJECTIVE: To generate a homogeneous population of patient-specific hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) from human iPS cells those show the morphologic and phenotypic properties of primary human hepatocytes. STUDY DESIGN: An experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Department of Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, from April to December 2011. METHODOLOGY: Human iPS cells were...
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