Wnt5a signaling mediates biliary differentiation of fetal hepatic stem/progenitor cells in mice
Kei Kiyohashi, Sei Kakinuma, Akihide Kamiya, Naoya Sakamoto, Sayuri Nitta, Hideto Yamanaka, Kouhei Yoshino, Junko Fujiki, Miyako Murakawa, Akiko Kusano‐Kitazume, Hiromichi Shimizu, Ryuichi Okamoto, Seishin Azuma, Mina Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Asahina, Naoki Tanimizu, Akira Kikuchi, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Mamoru Watanabe – 5 February 2013 – The molecular mechanisms regulating differentiation of fetal hepatic stem/progenitor cells, called hepatoblasts, which play pivotal roles in liver development, remain obscure.