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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lee YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078850 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Molecules and cells 20180710 7
Liver transplantation is recommended for patients with liver failure, but liver donors are limited. This necessitates the development of artificial livers, and hepatocytes are necessary to develop such artificial livers. Although induced hepatocyte-like cells are used in artificial livers, the characteristics of mouse induced hepatocyte-like cells (miHeps) reprogrammed with embryonic fibroblasts have not yet been clarified. Therefore, this study investigated the mechanisms underlying the surviva ...[more]