[Binuclear cells in rat liver during repair regeneration of the organ].

At early stages after partial hepatectomy (17 hours after the operation) binuclear cells become involved in proliferation in much lesser numbers, and 37 and 53 hours after the operation--in much greater numbers relative to their part in the population. New formation of binuclear cells (the presence of labeled binuclear cells 20 hours after the thymidine H3 administration) was the most intensive at the early regeneration stages (16--36 hours after the operation), when about 20% of mitoses are acytokinetic and lead to the formation of binuclear cells. At later periods only 8% of mitoses result in formation of binuclear cells.