Hepatocytes differentiate into intestinal epithelial cells through a hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal cell state in culture

Abstract Hepatocytes play important roles in the liver, but in culture, they immediately lose function and dedifferentiate into progenitor-like cells. Although this unique feature is well-known, the dynamics and mechanisms of hepatocyte dedifferentiation and the differentiation potential of dediffer...

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Main Authors: Shizuka Miura, Kenichi Horisawa, Tokuko Iwamori, Satoshi Tsujino, Kazuya Inoue, Satsuki Karasawa, Junpei Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Sayaka Sekiya, Atsushi Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47869-2