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Ventral Foregut Endoderm

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Hepatic Endoderm Cells

Embryonic Index:
GtT.VFE.VHFECs

Hepatic endoderm cells are the first appearance of the epithelium after hepatic specification, that begins to express liver genes. Once the foregut undergoes hepatic specification, the cells in this region undergo a morphological transition from gut-like columnar cell morphology to pseudostratified epithelia that causes thickening of the epithelium into a diverticulum.