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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Jeffery M. Gimble, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
John W. Ludlow, Carrboro, NC (US);
Jeffery M. Gimble, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
John W. Ludlow, Carrboro, NC (US);
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
ARTECEL, INC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method to derive hepatic stem cells from stem cells derived from non-liver tissue. In one embodiment of the invention, hepatic stem cells are derived from adipose stem cells. The invention also provides a method of enhancing hepatic cytokine production (e.g., HGF) from ASCs, which may be useful in the regeneration of liver tissue when transplanted in vivo. Tissue culture conditions, including media conditions, are provided.