通过Wnt驱动的再生诱导单个Lgr5+肝脏干细胞的体外扩张

Meritxell Huch1, Craig Dorrell, Sylvia F Boj

  • 1Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands.

Nature
|January 29, 2013
PubMed
概括

富含白的重复含有G蛋白结合受体5 (Lgr5) 干细胞在受损的成年肝脏中发现. 这些Lgr5(+) 细胞可以产生新的肝细胞和胆道,为肝脏再生提供了洞察力.

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