Here we describe the isolation of CD133 expressing liver stem cells and cancer stem cells from whole murine liver, a process that requires tissue digestion, cell enrichment, and flow cytometry isolation. We include methods for advanced single cell isolation and clonal expansion.
Rountree, C. B., Ding, W., Dang, H., VanKirk, C., Crooks, G. M. Isolation of CD133+ Liver Stem Cells for Clonal Expansion. J. Vis. Exp. (56), e3183, doi:10.3791/3183 (2011).