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Establishment of a highly efficient gene transfer system for mouse fetal hepatic progenitor cells

  1. Kentaro Yasuchika M.D.1,*,
  2. Tetsuro Hirose2,
  3. Hideaki Fujii1,
  4. Shoshiro Oe1,
  5. Koichi Hasegawa3,
  6. Takahisa Fujikawa1,
  7. Hisaya Azuma1,
  8. Yoshio Yamaoka1

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360626

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1488–1497, December 2002

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Yasuchika, K., Hirose, T., Fujii, H., Oe, S., Hasegawa, K., Fujikawa, T., Azuma, H. and Yamaoka, Y. (2002), Establishment of a highly efficient gene transfer system for mouse fetal hepatic progenitor cells. Hepatology, 36: 1488–1497. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360626

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  1. 1

    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  2. 2

    Department of Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  3. 3

    Department of Development and Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

*Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City 606–8507, Japan. fax: (81) 75–751–4263

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 SEP 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 JAN 2002

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  • Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of Japan. Grant Number: 12470256
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Grant Number: RFTF96I00204

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