METHOD OF SEPARATING PRECUSROR CELLS OF LIVER CELLS, ENDOTHELIAL CELLS OR HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS FROM CELL MASS

摘要

The present inventors succeeded in FACS-sorting viable WT1-expressing cells, and also discovered that WT1 expression in mouse fetal liver cells serves as a common molecular marker of hepatic, endothelial, and hematopoietic progenitor cells. Based on the present invention, hepatic, endothelial, and hematopoietic progenitor cells can be separated or detected using the WT1 gene expression level as an indicator.