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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2010; 16(13): 1660-1664
Published online Apr 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i13.1660
Porcine hepatocyte isolation and reversible immortalization mediated by retroviral transfer and site-specific recombination
Fan-Ying Meng, Zhi-Shui Chen, Meng Han, Xin-Peng Hu, Xing-Xing He, Yong Liu, Wen-Tao He, Wei Huang, Hui Guo, Ping Zhou
Fan-Ying Meng, Zhi-Shui Chen, Meng Han, Xin-Peng Hu, Yong Liu, Wen-Tao He, Wei Huang, Hui Guo, Ping Zhou, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
Xing-Xing He, Institute of Liver Diseases, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
Author contributions: Meng FY, Chen ZS and Zhou P designed the study; Meng FY, Han M, Hu XP, He XX, Liu Y and He WT performed the majority of experiments; Guo H and Huang W provided vital reagents and analytical tools; Meng FY wrote the manuscript.
Supported by The Major Scientific and Technological Project of Hubei Province, No. 2007ABD005
Correspondence to: Ping Zhou, MD, PhD, Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China. pzhou57@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn
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Received: March 9, 2009
Revised: December 20, 2009
Accepted: December 27, 2009
Published online: April 7, 2010
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