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        | Origin | Species | hepatic transcription factor genes | ref |  
        | ESCs | mouse | FOXA2 | [27] |  
        | ESCs | mouse | FOXA2 | [28] |  
        | ESCs | mouse | E-cadherin | [62] |  
        | ESCs | mouse | HEX | [38] |  
        | ESCs | human | SOX17 | [24] |  
        | ESCs/iPSCs | human | SOX17 | [25] |  
        | ESCs/iPSCs | human | HNF4α | [60] |  
        | ESCs/iPSCs | human | HEX | [39] |  
        | hepatic progenitor cells isolated from E14 fetal mouse | mouse | HNF4α | [63] |  
        | lineage-depleted OsM receptor β expressing bone marrow cells | mouse | HNF4α | [64] |  
        | human unbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells | human | hTERT | [64] |  
        | human mesenchymal stem cells | human | HNF4α | [65] |  
        | adult liver derived progenitor cells | mouse | FOXA2, HNF4α, c/EBPα | [61] |  
        | fibroblasts | mouse | HNF4α, FOXA1-3 | [66] |  
        | fibroblasts | mouse | GATA4, HNF1α, FOXA3 (+ inactivation of p19Arf) | [67] |  |