Proliferation of rat small hepatocytes r
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Hidekazu Ooe; Qijie Chen; Junko Kon; Kazunori Sasaki; Hiroyuki Miyoshi; Norihisa
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Article
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2012
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Small hepatocytes (SHs) are a subpopulation of hepatocytes that have high growth potential in culture and can differentiate into mature hepatocytes (MHs). The activin (Act)/follistatin (Fst) system critically contributes to homeostasis of cell growth in the normal liver. ActA and ActB c