| Literature DB >> 12542397 |
Carylyn J Marek1, Gary A Cameron, Lucy J Elrick, Gabrielle M Hawksworth, Matthew C Wright.
Abstract
The proliferating AR42J-B13 pancreatic cell line is known to respond to glucocorticoid treatment by producing foci of cells that express the liver-specific albumin gene. We demonstrate that this cell line also expresses liver-specific or liver-enriched functional cytochrome P450 proteins when stimulated to trans-differentiate into hepatocytes by glucocorticoid. These data suggest that this cell line has an unusual ability to trans-differentiate into functional hepatocytes and that it could be possible to generate a limitless supply of functional hepatocyte-like cells in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12542397 PMCID: PMC1223247 DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021545
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857