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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2004

Influence of serum from liver-damaged rats on differentiation tendency of bone marrow-derived stem cells.

Hai Hong, Jian-Zhi Chen, Feng Zhou, Ling Xue, Guo-Qiang Zhao

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hai HongDepartment of Pathology, Medical School of Sun Yat-Sen University, 74 Zhongshan 2nd Rd., Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Jian-Zhi Chen
Feng Zhou
Ling Xue
Guo-Qiang Zhao
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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Abstract

aimRecent studies in both rodents and humans indicated that bone marrow (BM)-derived stem cells were able to home to the liver after they were damaged and demonstrated plasticity in becoming hepatocytes. However, the question remains as to how these stem cells are activated and led to the liver and where the signals initiating the mechanisms of activation and differentiation of stem cells originate. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of serum from liver-damaged rats on differentiation tendency of bone marrow-derived stem cells.

methodsSerum samples were collected from rats treated with a 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) /carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) program for varying time points and then used as stimulators of cultured BM stem cells. Expression of M(2)- and L-type isozymes of rat pyruvate kinase, albumin as well as integrin-beta1 were then examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to estimate the differentiation state of BM stem cells.

resultsExpression of M(2)-type isozyme of pyruvate kinase (M(2)-PK), a marker of immature hepatocytes, was detected in each group stimulated with experimental serum, but not in controls including mature hepatocytes, BM stem cells without serum stimulation, and BM stem cells stimulated with normal control serum. As a marker expressed in the development of liver, the expression signal of integrin-beta1 was also detectable in each group stimulated with experimental serum. However, expression of L-type isozyme of pyruvate kinase (L-PK) and albumin, marker molecules of mature hepatocytes, was not detected in groups stimulated with experimental serum.

conclusionUnder the influence of serum from rats with liver failure, BM stem cells begin to differentiate along a direction to hepatocyte lineage and to possess some features of immature hepatocytes.

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AnimalsBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHepatocytesLiver DiseasesMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStem Cells

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PMID15259075
PMCPMC4724977
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