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Self-renewing diploid Axin2+ cells fuel homeostatic renewal of the liver
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The source of new hepatocytes in the uninjured liver has remained an open question. By lineage tracing using the Wnt-responsive gene Axin2 in mice, we identify a population of proliferating and self-renewing cells adjacent to the central vein in the liver lobule. These pericentral cells express the early liver progenitor marker Tbx3, are diploid, and thereby differ from mature hepatocytes, which are mostly polyploid. The descendants of pericentral cells differentiate into Tbx3-negative, polyploid hepatocytes, and can replace all hepatocytes along the liver lobule during homeostatic renewal. Adjacent central vein endothelial cells provide Wnt signals that maintain the pericentral cells, thereby constituting the niche. Thus, we identify a cell population in the liver that subserves homeostatic hepatocyte renewal, characterize its anatomical niche, and identify molecular signals that regulate its activity.
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- Authors
- Wang, B., Zhao, L., Fish, M., Logan, C. Y., & Nusse, R.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Bruce
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2015-08-05
- Volume
- 524
- Issue
- 7564
- Pages
- 180-185
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC4589224
- OpenAlex
- W1628437161
- Cited by
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K08DK101603, F32DK091005, P30DK026743)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Mesenchymal stem cell research
- Keywords
- liver homeostasis, Axin2, Wnt signaling, TBX3, liver progenitor cells, polyploidy, self-renewal, stem cell niche, lineage tracing
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Clone Cells, Diploidy, Female, Homeostasis, Liver, Male, Polyploidy, Regeneration, Staining and Labeling, Stem Cells, Time Factors, Veins, Biomarkers, Cell Lineage, T-Box Domain Proteins, Hepatocytes, Endothelial Cells, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Stem Cell Niche, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Axin Protein
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