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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Chise Mukaidani, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Hiroshima, JP;
Chihiro Yamasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Chise Mukaidani, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Hiroshima, JP;
Chihiro Yamasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshima Industrial Promotion Organization, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes proliferative human hepatocytes, a method for isolating proliferative human hepatocytes by using the antibody, and a method for inducing to differentiate the proliferative human hepatocytes to functional human hepatocytes. Further, the invention provides the proliferative human hepatocytes and functional human hepatocytes obtained by the methods, as well as a cell kit and a hybrid artificial liver comprising those hepatocytes.