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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Lola M. Reid, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Randall E. Mcclelland, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joshua Uronis, Durham, NC (US);
Hsin-lei Yao, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Eliane Wauthier, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Lola M. Reid, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Randall E. McClelland, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joshua Uronis, Durham, NC (US);
Hsin-Lei Yao, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Eliane Wauthier, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling the survival, proliferation, and/or differentiation of hepatic progenitors in vitro by using specific types of mesenchymal feeder cells or one of more of the paracrine signals produced by those feeders.