Research Article

Hepatic Polarization Accelerated by Mechanical Compaction Involves HNF4α Activation

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HNF4α accelerates the functional formation of HepG2 cell polarization. (a, b) Excretion of FDA and the areas of FDA localization increased significantly over time in Ad- or LV-HNF4α transfected HepG2 cells (two-way ANOVA analysis and Bonferroni posttests, Ad-HNF4α vs. Ad-Mock, LV-HNF4α vs. LV-Mock, , ). Ad-Mock: adenovirus control vector; LV-Mock: lentivirus control vector; Ad-HNF4α: the recombinant HNF4α gene adenovirus expression vector; LV-HNF4α: the oligonucleotide encoding short hairpin HNF4α RNA recombinant lentivirus; FDA: fluorescein diacetate. Scale bars: 20 μm.
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