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Interleukin-22 promotes proliferation of liver stem/progenitor cells in mice and patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Created: 31st Oct 2012 at 09:09
Last updated: 24th Oct 2013 at 16:16

Abstract:

Proliferation of liver stem/progenitor cells (LPCs), which can differentiate into hepatocytes or biliary epithelial cells, is often observed in chronically inflamed regions of liver in patients. We investigated how inflammation might promote proliferation of LPCs.

PubMed ID: 22484119

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Journal: Gastroenterology
Citation: Gastroenterology 143(1): 188-98.e7
Date Published: 3rd Apr 2012

Authors: Dechun Feng, Xiaoni Kong, Honglei Weng, Ogyi Park, Hua Wang, Steven Dooley, M Eric Gershwin, Bin Gao

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