Liver stem cells and prospects for liver
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David A. Shafritz; Michael Oertel; Anuradha Menthena; Dirk Nierhoff; Mariana D.
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## **Although it was proposed almost 60 years ago that the adult mammalian liver contains hepatic stem cells, this issue remains controversial. Part of the problem is that no specific marker gene unique to the adult hepatic stem cell has yet been identified, and regeneration of the liver after acu