Liver Stem Cells: From
Preface to Advancements
Author(s):
Kanwal Rehman, Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Nureen
Zahra and Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash Pages 10 - 21 ( 12 )
Abstract:
Liver is a major metabolic organ of the body
and is known to comprise of two epithelial cell lineages, namely, hepatocytes
and cholangiocytes which are known to originate from hepatoblasts during fetal
developing stages. Upon acute injury, the hepatocytes and cholangiocytes
undergo cellular division to compensate the loss, however, chronic damage may
suppress...