Hepatic progenitor cell activation in liver repair

The liver possesses an extraordinary ability to regenerate after injury. Hepatocyte-driven liver regeneration is the default pathway in response to mild-to-moderate acute liver damage. When replication of mature hepatocytes is blocked, facultative hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs), also referred to as...

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Main Authors: Adam Bria, Jorgensen Marda, Junmei Zhou, Xiaowei Sun, Qi Cao, Bryon E. Petersen, Liya Pi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-09-01
Series:Liver Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542568417000289