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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Fumio Endo, Kumamoto, JP;
Kenji Okumura, Kumamoto, JP;
Kimitoshi Nakamura, Kumamoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bios Research Institute, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel human stem cell which can be differentiated to cells constituting a plurality of human organs including human liver is disclosed. The human stem cell according to the present invention is originated from human salivary gland, which is CD49f-positive, and which can be differentiated to (1) a nestin-positive and albumin-positive cell, (2) an insulin-positive cell and (3) a glucagon-positive cell by culture in vitro.