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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Main Author: George K. Michalopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-01-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000006783982377