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Methods of isolating bipotent hepatic progenitor cells
AssigneeThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
InventorsHiroshi Kubota, Lola M. Reid
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AssigneeThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
InventorsHiroshi Kubota, Lola M. Reid
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A method of obtaining a mixture of cells enriched in hepatic progenitors is developed which comprises methods yielding suspensions of a mixture of cell types, and selecting those cells that are classical MHC class I antigen(s) negative and ICAM-1 antigen positive. The weak or dull expression of nonclassical MHC class I antigen(s) can be used for further enrichment of hepatic progenitors. Furthermore, the progenitors can be selected to have a level of side scatter, a measure of granularity or cytoplasmic droplets, that is higher than that in non-parenchymal cells, such as hemopoietic cells, and lower than that in mature parenchymal cells, such as hepatocytes. Furthermore, the progeny of the isolated progenitors can express alpha-fetoprotein and/or albumin and/or CK19. The hepatic progenitors, so isolated, can grow clonally, that is an entire population of progeny can be derived from one cell. The clones of progenitors have a growth pattern in culture of piled-up aggregates or clusters. These methods of isolating the hepatic progenitors are applicable to any vertebrates including human. The hepatic progenitor cell population is expected to be useful for cell therapies, for bioartificial livers, for gene therapies, for vaccine development, and for myriad toxicological, pharmacological, and pharmaceutical programs and investigations.
An isolated single-cell bipotent hepatic progenitor which
A composition consisting essentially of isolated single-cell bipotent hepatic progenitors which
A composition consisting essentially of isolated single-cells enriched bipotent hepatic progenitors which
A cell culture comprising a population of single-cell bipotent hepatic progenitors that
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