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GO: Biological Process

hepatocyte dedifferentiation

Term ID
GO:1990828
Synonyms
Definition
The process in which a hepatocyte (specialized epithelial cell of the liver) loses the structural or functional features that characterize it in the mature organism, or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Under certain conditions, these cells can revert back to the features of the stem cells that were their ancestors. 20102719
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Ontology
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Phenotype
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