Liver progenitor cells expressing HLA-G and method for obtaining these cells

Abstract

The current invention concerns isolated liver progenitor cells, cell lines thereof, cell populations comprising such and compositions comprising such wherein the liver progenitor cells are HLA-E positive. In addition, the invention concerns a method of preparing these liver progenitor cells, wherein the method comprises the step of adding one or more cytokines to the cell medium of a culture of liver progenitor or stem cell