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HEPATIC STELLATE CELL PRECURSORS AND METHODS OF ISOLATING SAME

  • US 20080009057A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2007
  • Published: 01/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of obtaining a population of cells enriched in hepatic stellate cell progenitors comprising:

  • (a) providing a single cell suspension of cells from mammalian tissue; and

    sequentially, in any order, or substantially simultaneously, (b) removing from the single cell suspension those cells that express MHC class Ia antigen; and

    (c) isolating from the cell suspension those cells that are positive for Vitamin A fluorescence, to obtain a population of cells enriched in hepatic stellate cell progenitors.

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