Stimulation of cell division in ectopic liver tissue following partial removal of the lung.
Autografts of liver were implanted into the left lung (Xenopus laevis). Subsequent removal of the right lung stimulated increased mitotic activity in the lung and in the liver graft.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000601:surgery*; D008938:Mitosis; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014981:Xenopus