KRT19 and cancer: 82.3 cells exhibited epithelial morphology and cell markers (EPCAM, CK7, and CK19); they also expressed different cancer stem markers (CD44, CD133, CD49b, CD24, Stro1, PAX6, FOXA2, OCT3/4), α–fetoprotein and under anchorage-independent and serum-free conditions were capable of originating cholangiospheres.