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Research progress in liver pit cells

  

  1. P>1.College of Life Science, He′nan Normal University; 2. Co-construction Key Laboratory for Cell Differentiation Regulation, He′nan, Xinxiang 453007, China/P>
  • Received:2009-12-07 Revised:2009-12-17 Online:2010-04-06
  • Contact: XU Cun-shuan

Abstract: Pit cells (PCs) are hepatic natural killer cells(HNKCs), and play an important role in resisting tumor, resisting virus, regulating hepatocyte growth and differentiation, inhibiting liver fibrosis and so on. In the paper, research progress in liver pit cells is briefly summarized.

Key words: Liver, Pit cell, Natural killer cell

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