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Deng J, Zhang N, Wang Y, Yang C, Wang Y, Xin C, Zhao J, Jin Z, Cao F, Zhang Z. FNDC5/irisin improves the therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for myocardial infarction. Stem Cell Res Ther 2020; 11:228. [PMID: 32522253 PMCID: PMC7288492 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-020-01746-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background The beneficial functions of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) decline with decreased cell survival, limiting their therapeutic efficacy for myocardial infarction (MI). Irisin, a novel myokine which is cleaved from its precursor fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5), is believed to be involved in a cardioprotective effect, but little was known on injured BM-MSCs and MI repair yet. Here, we investigated whether FNDC5 or irisin could improve the low viability of transplanted BM-MSCs and increase their therapeutic efficacy after MI. Methods BM-MSCs, isolated from dual-reporter firefly luciferase and enhanced green fluorescent protein positive (Fluc+–eGFP+) transgenic mice, were exposed to normoxic condition and hypoxic stress for 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h, respectively. In addition, BM-MSCs were treated with irisin (20 nmol/L) and overexpression of FNDC5 (FNDC5-OV) in serum deprivation (H/SD) injury. Furthermore, BM-MSCs were engrafted into infarcted hearts with or without FNDC5-OV. Results Hypoxic stress contributed to increased apoptosis, decreased cell viability, and paracrine effects of BM-MSCs while irisin or FNDC5-OV alleviated these injuries. Longitudinal in vivo bioluminescence imaging and immunofluorescence results illustrated that BM-MSCs with overexpression of FNDC5 treatment (FNDC5-MSCs) improved the survival of transplanted BM-MSCs, which ameliorated the increased apoptosis and decreased angiogenesis of BM-MSCs in vivo. Interestingly, FNDC5-OV elevated the secretion of exosomes in BM-MSCs. Furthermore, FNDC5-MSC therapy significantly reduced fibrosis and alleviated injured heart function. Conclusions The present study indicated that irisin or FNDC5 improved BM-MSC engraftment and paracrine effects in infarcted hearts, which might provide a potential therapeutic target for MI.
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- Jingyu Deng
- Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Training Base in PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, Liaoning, China
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- Central Beijing Medical District, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Fuxing-Road, Haidian, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center,, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Cardiology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, 100088, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, 100088, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Cardiology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, 100088, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, 100088, China.
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Sigot V, Mediavilla MG, Furno G, Rodríguez JV, Guibert EE. A Simple and Effective Method to Improve Intrasplenic Rat Hepatocyte Transplantation. Cell Transplant 2017; 13:775-81. [PMID: 15690979 DOI: 10.3727/000000004783983459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Transplanted hepatocytes integrate, survive, and express their specific functions in the liver parenchyma. The aim of this study was to determine whether a large number of hepatocytes could move from the spleen to the liver when the cells are injected together with sodium nitroprusside, and if the improved hepatocyte migration may be related with portal vein dilatation. Wistar rats were transplanted in the spleen with fluorescent-labeled hepatocytes alone or together with sodium nitroprusside. At 1, 3, 6, and 24 h after the transplant, the liver from recipient animals was removed and morphometric analyses were performed. Portal and arterial pressures were also measured immediately after intrasplenic injection of a solution of sodium nitroprusside, hepatocytes alone, or hepatocytes plus sodium nitroprusside. Intrasplenically injected sodium nitroprusside produced a transient drop in arterial pressure and a sustained reduction in portal pressure. During hepatocyte transplantation it increased the number of transplanted cells migrating to the liver after 3 h. Sodium nitroprusside simultaneously injected with hepatocytes in the spleen allowed more cells to migrate into the liver of the host animal without risk in animal survival.
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- Valeria Sigot
- Biología Molecular, Dto Cs Biológicas, Facultad de Cs Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Sanberg PR, Greene-Zavertnik C, Davis CD. Article Commentary: Cell Transplantation: The Regenerative Medicine Journal. A Biennial Analysis of Publications. Cell Transplant 2017; 12:815-825. [DOI: 10.3727/000000003771000165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Paul R. Sanberg
- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 78, Tampa, FL 33612
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- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 78, Tampa, FL 33612
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- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 78, Tampa, FL 33612
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Zhang Z, Liang D, Gao X, Zhao C, Qin X, Xu Y, Su T, Sun D, Li W, Wang H, Liu B, Cao F. Selective inhibition of inositol hexakisphosphate kinases (IP6Ks) enhances mesenchymal stem cell engraftment and improves therapeutic efficacy for myocardial infarction. Basic Res Cardiol 2014; 109:417. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-014-0417-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hovanyecz P, Guibert E, Pellegrino J, Rodriguez J, Sigot V. Extended cold storage of cultured hepatocytes impairs endocytic uptake during normothermic rewarming. Cryobiology 2013; 66:112-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Defrère S, Colette S, Lousse JC, Donnez J, Van Langendonckt A. Review: Luminescence as a Tool to Assess Pelvic Endometriosis Development in Murine Models. Reprod Sci 2009; 16:1117-24. [DOI: 10.1177/1933719109335069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Sylvie Defrère
- Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium,
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Cubero FJ, Maganto P, Mula N, Ortiz A, Barrutia MG, Codesal FJ, Arahuetes RM. Functional response of hepatocytes transplanted into Gunn rats stimulated with thyroid hormone. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52:210-6. [PMID: 17160715 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9614-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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In the attempt to translate laboratory studies into clinical practice, the small number of cells that can be transplanted is currently a problem to be solved. The aim of this work is to study the functional response of intrasplenically transplanted syngeneic rat adult and fetal hepatocytes to a proliferative stimulus, 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine. Total serum bilirubin significantly decreased from 7 to 90 days after fetal hepatocyte transplantation and from 24 hr to 30 days after adult hepatocyte transplantation. Concomitant with these changes, bile conjugated bilirubin increased from 7 to 90 days after fetal and from 24 hr to 30 days after adult hepatocyte transplantation. In both cases, administration of thyroid hormone enhances this effect. We conclude that although adult and fetal hepatocytes correct the hyperbilirubinemia, fetal cells function longer than adult hepatocytes. Thyroid hormone is a powerful stimulator of function of hepatocytes since it improves both adult and fetal response.
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- Francisco J Cubero
- Servicio de Cirugía Experimental, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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Mediavilla MG, Krapp A, Carrillo N, Rodríguez JV, Tiribelli C, Guibert EE. Efficient cold transfection of pea ferredoxin-NADP(H) oxidoreductase into rat hepatocytes. J Gene Med 2006; 8:306-13. [PMID: 16288499 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We describe the use of a non-viral, polyethylenimine-based vector to transfect rat hepatocytes preserved under hypothermic storage. DNA sequences encoding Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase and pea ferredoxin-NADP(H) oxidoreductase (FNR), cloned into plasmids pCH110 and pKM4 respectively, were used. FNR was detected in the liver of animals transplanted with transfected cells; no reactivity was observed in endogenous parenchyma. The expression of the transgene was transient as it was detectable up to 96 h subsequently declining to undetectable levels. In contrast to non-transfected cells, the engraftment of FNR-positive cells was not associated with inflammatory reaction. The percentage of FNR-positive implanted hepatocytes was at least five times higher than the original transfection efficiency measured in vitro, while the percentage of beta-galactosidase-positive cells was similar for both methods. These data indicate that the transfection system is effective in the transfer of plasmid DNA into hepatocytes under cold preservation and suggest the advantage of pKM4-transfected hepatocytes on engraftment in the recipient parenchyma.
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- María Gabriela Mediavilla
- Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, [S2002LRK] Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Nguyen TH, Khakhoulina T, Simmons A, Morel P, Trono D. A simple and highly effective method for the stable transduction of uncultured porcine hepatocytes using lentiviral vector. Cell Transplant 2005; 14:489-96. [PMID: 16285257 DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Gene therapy is an attractive approach for the treatment of a wide spectrum of liver diseases. Lentiviral vectors allow the stable integration of transgenes into the genome of nondividing differentiated cells including hepatocytes and could provide long-lasting expression of a therapeutic gene. To develop such approaches, preclinical studies in large animal models such as pigs are necessary to evaluate the feasibility and safety of stable lentiviral integration and long-term vector expression. In addition, effective lentivector-mediated gene transfer onto porcine hepatocytes could advance in cell-based therapies for acute liver failure. To investigate this issue, porcine hepatocytes were transduced in suspension immediately after their isolation in University of Wisconsin (UW) solution containing vitamin E. Up to 80% of hepatocytes stably expressed a GFP transgene after a single exposure to lentiviral vector coding for GFP under the control of either liver-specific or ubiquitous promoters. Moreover, porcine hepatocytes cryopreserved in UW solution containing fetal bovine serum, dimethyl sulfoxide, and vitamin E remained highly transducible with lentiviral vector after thawing. When thawed, transduced in suspension, and immediately transplanted into the spleen of immunodeficient mice, ex vivo lentivirally transgene marked xenogeneic hepatocytes were detected in murine liver. We demonstrated that porcine hepatocytes are highly susceptible to lentiviral vector and describe an easy methodology to efficiently, rapidly, and stably introduce transgenes into uncultured porcine hepatocytes.
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- Tuan Huy Nguyen
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Defrère S, Van Langendonckt A, González Ramos R, Jouret M, Mettlen M, Donnez J. Quantification of endometriotic lesions in a murine model by fluorimetric and morphometric analyses. Hum Reprod 2005; 21:810-7. [PMID: 16293650 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In animal models of endometriosis, the identification and quantification of lesions originating from human endometrium is often hampered by the small size of the implants and their embedding in murine tissue. The purpose of the present study was to develop two new methods of quantifying endometriosis-like lesions in a nude mouse model: fluorimetry and morphometry. METHODS Human menstrual endometrium was labelled using a fluorescent tracker, carboxyfluorescein diacetate, succinimidyl ester (CFDA-SE), and transplanted into the pelvic cavity of mice by injection through the peritoneum after performing a cutaneous incision. After 5 days, lesions were recovered by laparotomy. The fluorescence of the recovered endometriotic lesions was measured. Endometrial stroma and glands were immunostained in lesion sections with anti-CD10 and anti-CK22 antibodies, and their surface area was evaluated by morphometric analysis. RESULTS Fluorescent labelling allows identification of lesions not visible macroscopically. A good correlation was observed between fluorimetry and morphometry (r=0.88) applied for lesion quantification. CONCLUSIONS Fluorimetric evaluation combined with morphometric analysis of endometriosis-like lesions allows objective and reliable recording of endometriosis development in a nude mouse model. This quantification method could therefore be useful for future pharmacological and toxicological studies.
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- Sylvie Defrère
- Department of Gynaecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Gupta S, Inada M, Joseph B, Kumaran V, Benten D. Emerging insights into liver-directed cell therapy for genetic and acquired disorders. Transpl Immunol 2005; 12:289-302. [PMID: 15157922 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2003.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Treatment of acute or chronic liver diseases by cell transplantation is an attractive prospect because organ shortages greatly restrict liver transplantation. Moreover, a variety of genetic deficiency states affecting extrahepatic organs are amenable to liver-directed cell therapy. While the initial clinical experience with liver cell transplantation has been encouraging, further advances in several areas are necessary to improve these results. Insights into how engraftment and proliferation of transplanted cells may be modulated to obtain therapeutically effective masses of transplanted cells will be important in this pursuit. Studies of cell therapy in animal models of specific diseases have provided insights into the development of clinically relevant strategies for various disorders. Also, identification of suitable cell types, including stem/progenitor cells that could be expanded and manipulated in cell culture conditions, has begun to provide important new information for cell therapy. Similarly, advances in cryopreservation of cells and prevention of allograft rejection offer ways to accomplish cell therapy in an effective manner. Taken together, these advances indicate that liver-directed cell therapy will be well positioned in the near future to play significant roles in transplantation medicine.
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- Sanjeev Gupta
- Department of Medicine, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Cancer Research Center and General Clinical Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Ullmann Building, Rm 625, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Donato MT, Serralta A, Jiménez N, Pérez G, Castell JV, Mir J, Gómez-Lechón MJ. LIVER GRAFTS PRESERVED IN CELSIOR SOLUTION AS SOURCE OF HEPATOCYTES FOR DRUG METABOLISM STUDIES: COMPARISON WITH SURGICAL LIVER BIOPSIES. Drug Metab Dispos 2004; 33:108-14. [PMID: 15448115 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.104.001545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Suitability of human liver grafts preserved in Celsior solution (CS) for preparing metabolically competent hepatocyte cultures has been examined. To this end, basal and induced activity and mRNA levels of major hepatic cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes have been measured. By 24 h in culture, measurable levels of the 10 P450 mRNAs studied were found in all hepatocyte preparations examined, with CYP2E1, CYP2C9, and CYP3A4 mRNAs being the most abundant. Compared with hepatocytes obtained from surgical liver resections (SLRs), lower content of each P450 mRNA was found in hepatocytes from the CS group; however, the relative distribution of individual P450 mRNAs was similar. Similar results were observed after measuring P450 activities. CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 activities in hepatocytes from CS-flushed grafts were lower than but comparable with those of cultures prepared from SLRs. No differences in the metabolite profile of testosterone were found. Treatment of hepatocytes from CS-preserved grafts with model P450 inducers shows that 2 microM methylcholanthrene only increased CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 mRNAs (>100-fold over control), 1 mM phenobarbital markedly increased CYP2A6, CYP2B6, and CYP3A4 mRNA content (>7-fold), and 50 microM rifampicin highly increased CYP3A4 mRNA levels (>10-fold), whereas minor effects (<3-fold) were observed in CYP2A6, CYP2B6, and CYP2C9 mRNAs. This induction pattern of P450s was similar, in terms of magnitude, reproducibility, and specificity, to that shown in primary hepatocytes from surgical biopsies. Overall, our results indicate that, cold-preserved in CS, liver grafts constitute a valuable source of human hepatocytes for drug metabolism studies.
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- M Teresa Donato
- Unidad de Hepatología Experimental, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Avda Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain.
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Mitry RR, Hughes RD, Dhawan A. Progress in human hepatocytes: isolation, culture & cryopreservation. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2002; 13:463-7. [PMID: 12468248 DOI: 10.1016/s1084952102001350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The quality of the hepatocytes used for clinical cell transplantation is very important, and depends to a large extent on the nature of the tissue used for isolation. The collagenase perfusion technique to isolate hepatocytes from animal livers has been further developed for isolation of human hepatocytes. As the donor organ pool is a scarce resource, marginal livers unsuitable for transplantation and segments from reduced grafts remain the main source of tissue for cell isolation. Use of livers from non-heart beating donors and foetal livers may further increase the tissue pool. With the limited supply of available tissue, improvements in the cryopreservation protocols are required to maintain cell viability on thawing and establish hepatocyte banks.
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- Ragai R Mitry
- Institute of Liver Studies, Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, and King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS, London, UK
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Pazo JA, Rodriguez ME, Vega F, Cruz LDL, Guibert EE, Mediavilla MG, Furno G, Rodríguez JV. Primary Culture of Rat Hepatocytes After Cold Storage in the University of Wisconsin Solution: A Tool to Study the Effects of Hypothermic Preservation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1089/153834402765035626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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