Expression of rat hepatocytic progenitor cells with and without hepatic Thy1-positive cells in retrorsine/partial hepatectomy treated rats models.

We found that the transplantation of Thy1+ cells transiently increased the liver mass by expanding resident small hepatocy-like progenitor cells(SHPCs).

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Ichinohe N, Ishii M, Tanimizu N, Kon J, Yoshioka Y, Ochiya T, Mizuguchi T, Hirata K, Mitaka T