Microbial‐derived lithocholic acid and vitamin K2 drive the metabolic maturation of pluripotent stem cells–derived and fetal hepatocytes
Yishai Avior, Gahl Levy, Michal Zimerman, Daniel Kitsberg, Robert Schwartz, Ronen Sadeh, Arieh Moussaieff, Merav Cohen, Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor, Yaakov Nahmias – 22 March 2015 – The liver is the main organ responsible for the modification, clearance, and transformational toxicity of most xenobiotics owing to its abundance in cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes. However, the scarcity and variability of primary hepatocytes currently limits their utility.