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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatocyte transplantation (HTX) has received great expectation for the treatment of a wide spectrum of liver diseases. Considering the severe shortage of human livers for hepatocyte isolation, porcine hepatocytes are an attractive alternative to normal human hepatocytes. To develop such therapy, establishment of an efficient hepatocyte isolation and transplantation model that enables accurate assessment of safety and efficacy of HTX is extremely important. Porcine hepatocytes were isolated from a surgically removed liver segment with a four-step retrograde perfusion using dispase and collagenase. The resultant hepatocytes of > 84% viability were used for transplantation experiment in a pig model of acute liver failure induced by intravenous administration of D-galactosamine (D-gal) (0.5 mg/kg). Twenty-four hours after D-gal injection, transplantation of freshly isolated porcine hepatocytes (1 x 10(9)) was safely conducted and prolonged the survival of D-gal-treated pigs. We describe an efficient porcine hepatocyte isolation and subsequent cell transplantation in pigs with D-gal-induced liver failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0963-6897
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
593-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Cell Separation, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Collagenases, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Galactosamine, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Liver Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Liver Failure, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Perfusion, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Sus scrofa, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:14579927-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatocyte isolation and transplantation in the pig.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't