Table D.

Transcription factors and culture conditions used for hepatocyte differentiation

Transcription factors	Growth factors	Use of serum	Additional factors	Induced factors	Reference
Sox 17, HEX, HNF4α	Activin A, BMP4, HGF	Yes	Oncostatin M, Dexamethasone, ITS	GATA6, Sox17, HNF4α	Takayama et al. [56]
FoxA2, GATA4, Hex, C/EBPα	EGF, BMP, bFGF, EGF, NGF, TGFβ, HGF	No	Oncostatin M, Ratinoic acid, dexamethasone, ITS (Insulin, transferrin, selenium)		Tomizawa et al. [51]
N/A	BMP, Activin A, FGF2, HGF	No	Oncostatin		Si-tayeb et al. [58]
N/A	Activin A, FGF-4, HGF, BMP2, BMP4,	Yes	Oncostatin, dexamethasone		Ma et al. [57] Duan et al [89]