isolation-of-neonatal-extrahepatic-cholangiocytes

Isolation of Neonatal Extrahepatic Cholangiocytes

The intra and extrahepatic bile ducts of the liver are developmentally distinct, and may be differentially affected by certain diseases. However, ...

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Biliary atresia (BA) is a rapidly progressive form of biliary fibrosis affecting neonates. We previously reported that primary cilia on the intrahepatic cholangiocytes of patients with both syndromic and nonsyndromic BA were structurally abnormal. Our objective was to determine whether extrahepatic cholangiocytes in human biliary atresia, intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocytes of rhesus rotavirus (RRV)-infected neonatal mice, and RRV-infected primary neonatal extrahepatic cholangiocytes also demonstrate ciliary abnormalities.

Sara Karjoo

Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology,
and Nutrition,
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Isolation of Neonatal Extrahepatic Cholangiocytes

Sara Karjoo

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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Isolation of Neonatal Extrahepatic Cholangiocytes

Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology,
and Nutrition,
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition