Combinations and methods for promoting in vivo liver cell proliferation and enhancing in vivo liver-directed gene transduction
Patent Number: 6248725
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday February 23rd, 1999
Date Issued: Tuesday June 19th, 2001
Assignee: Amgen, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Inventors: Alison, Malcom R. (London, GB); Coutelle, Charles (London, GB); Forbes, Stuart J. (Middlesex, GB); Hodgson, Humphrey J. F. (London, GB); Sarosi, Ildiko (Thousand Oaks, CA); Themis, Michael (Buckinghamshire, GB)
From Class: Expansion
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This is an interesting patent that teaches the concurrent administration of the thyroid hormone T3, together with keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) can stimulate proliferation of endogenous hepatic stem cells.
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