Hepatic progenitor cells are immature epithelial cells that reside in the smallest ramifications
of the biliary tree in human liver. These cells are capable of differentiating toward the biliary …

The concept that the liver contains epithelial cells that share some of the major properties of
stem cells of the well‐characterized, stem cell‐fed lineages found in bone marrow, intestinal …

Adult hepatic progenitor (oval) cells are facultative stem cells in liver, which participate in a
range of human liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the …

This study was undertaken to evaluate keratin 19 (K19) as a biochemical marker for skin
stem cells in order to address some long standing questions concerning these cells in the …

The appearance of bipotential oval cells in chronic liver injury suggests the existence of
hepatocyte progenitor/stem cells. To study the origin and properties of this cell population …

Hepatic oval cells (HOC) are a small subpopulation of cells found in the liver when
hepatocyte proliferation is inhibited and followed by some type of hepatic injury. HOC can be …

Abstract The Solt-Farber protocol, in the absence of an initiating agent, was used to examine
the precursor-product relationship between oval cells and hepatocytes in rat liver. The …

Oval cells are bipotential liver stem cells able to differentiate into hepatocytes and bile duct
epithelia. In normal adult liver oval cells are quiescent, existing in low numbers around the …

Hepatic oval cells (HOC) are thought to be a type of facultative stem cell that arises as a
result of certain forms of hepatic injury. A new and more efficient model has been …

A review of the morphologic, autoradiographic, and phenotypic analysis of the cellular
changes seen during induction of cancer of the liver in rats by chemical carcinogens is used …