Clonogenic Hepatocytes Drive Adult Liver Formation and Zonation (IMAGE)

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Clonogenic Hepatocytes Drive Adult Liver Formation and Zonation

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Clonogenic hepatocytes, found near hematopoietic islands in the newborn liver, produce most adult tissue, gradually developing a zonated identity, with implications for in vivo genetic engineering.

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Alessio Cantore, San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy

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