›› 2009, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (8): 997-.

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Research progress of hepatic oval cells and differentiation into pancreatic cells

ZHAO Li-Juan reviewer;LU Ying-li reviser   

  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200011, China
  • Online:2009-08-25 Published:2009-09-27

Abstract:

Islet cell transplantation is a possible method to cure diabetes mellitus. However, the limited islet resources can not meet the clinical requirement. Hepatic oval cells can be induced in vitro to differentiate into pancreatic cells, and can sever as a potential alternative resource. This article reviews the research progress of hepatic oval cells and differentiation into pancreatic cells.

Key words: hepatic oval cells, pancreatic cells, activation, proliferation, separation, purification, identification, induction and differentiation

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