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CLINICS IN LIVER DISEASE
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 705-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2010.08.003
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Hepatic progenitor cells; Liver stem cells; Cancer stem cells; Wnt pathway; Notch pathway; Regeneration
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Liver progenitor cells are activated in most human liver diseases The dynamics and therefore subpopulations of progenitor cells are however, different in acute versus chronic hepatocytic diseases and in biliary diseases The role of Wnt and Notch signaling pathways in activation and differentiation of human hepatic progenitor cells holds great promise because they can be manipulated by drugs Hepatocytic differentiation requires inhibition of Notch (numb switched on), whereas cholangiocytic differentiation requires Notch activation In this way the patients' own regenerative response could be supported which could eventually even avoid the need for transplantation in several patients
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