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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
Hematopoietic and hepatic stem cells share characteristic markers such as CD34, c-kit, and Thy1. Based on the recent observations that hepatocytes may originate from bone marrow, we investigated the potential of CD34(+) bone marrow cells to differentiate into hepatocytic cells in vitro. CD34(+) and CD34(-) human bone marrow cells were separated by magnetic cell sorting. Cells were cultured on a collagen matrix in a defined medium containing hepatocyte growth factor. Cell count and size were measured by flow cytometry, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was carried out for the liver-specific markers CK-19 and albumin. During cell culture, CD34(+) cells showed an increasing cell number and proliferative activity as assessed by Ki-67 staining. Under the specified culture conditions, CD34(+) cells expressed albumin RNA and CK-19 RNA after 28 days, whereas CD34(-) cells did not show liver-specific gene expression. The results indicate that CD34(+) adult human bone marrow stem cells can differentiate into hepatocytic cells in vitro.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1066-5099
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
98-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Albumins, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Antigens, CD34, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Immunomagnetic Separation, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Ki-67 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12529556-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Liver-specific gene expression in cultured human hematopoietic stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. fiegel@uke.uni-hamburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article