Today's hepatic stellate cells: Not your
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Erick P. Chan; Rebecca G. Wells
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Here, we report that HSC express the stem/progenitor cell marker CD133 and exhibit properties of progenitor cells. CD133؉ HSC of rats were selected by specific antibodies and magnetic cell sorting. Selected cel