Abstract: | Cultured pure population of Ito cells isolated from adult rat liver expressed epithelial markers cytokeratin-8, α-fetoprotein, and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase after forming a dense monolayer. Mesenchymal-epithelial transformation of these cells is possible, which suggests them as candidates of hepatic stem cells. __________ Translated from Kletochnye Tekhnologii v Biologii i Medicine, No. 3, pp. 150–153, August, 2006 |