Figure 3

Functional activities of hepatocyte-like cells. The presence of albumin was analyzed using flow cytometer in the immediately differentiated cells (A), the immortalized hepatocyte-like cells (B), and in HepG2 (C). Greater than 80% of the population of hepatocyte-like cells contained albumin (D) that could be maintained at 70% beyond 10 passages. Urea production as represented by diacetyl monoxime test was demonstrated in MSCs, HepG2, and hepatocyte-like cells (E). IMDM medium supplemented with 5 mM NH₄Cl served as the control group.