Flexible Lineage Specifications of Adult Hepatic Cells, Associated Molecular Pathways, and Their Relationship to Liver Cancer
The availability of new cell culture, cell transplantation, and gene expression technology has highlighted a role of hepatocytes as facultative stem cells for the biliary epithelium. In addition, hepatocytes can revert to primitive progenitor cell types and express gene profiles that appear as chara...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-01-01
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Series: | Cell Transplantation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3727/000000006783982377 |