ANTIBODY RECOGNIZING PROLIFERATIVE HUMAN LIVER CELLS, PROLIFERATIVE HUMAN LIVER CELLS AND FUNCTIONAL HUMAN LIVER CELLS

摘要

It is intended to provide a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes human liver cells proliferating while forming colonies, a method of separating proliferative human liver cells with the use of this antibody, and a method of inducing the differentiation of the proliferative human liver cells thus separated into functional human liver cells. It is also intended to provide the proliferative human liver cells and the functional human liver cells obtained by the above methods, and a cell kit and a hybrid type artificial human liver containing these cells.