Figure 4.
Different phenotypes of HSC have different characteristics regarding hepatocyte production. Low and high magnification of sections of livers from secondary sheep that received transplanted human cells from (A) CD34+Lin–CD38–, (B) CD34–CD38–Lin–, or (C) CD34+CD133+ Lin– primary recipients (high magnification Ai, Bii, C). Liver sections were stained with an antibody antihuman hepatocyte (clone OCH1E5), as described in “Materials and methods.” Animals that received transplanted CD38– populations displayed multiple hepatocytic foci throughout the hepatic parenchyma at levels similar to those generated in the primary recipients (A-B). Few hepatocytes were found in the liver sections of CD34+CD133+Lin– secondary recipients (C).