Quantitative evaluation of long-term liver repopulation and the reconstitution of bile ductules after hepatocellular transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 6176-6181

  Zheng, Yun Wen ^a,b   Ohkohchi, Nobuhiro ^b   Taniguchi, Hideki ^a,c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ductules; Cell dose; Hepatic stem cell; Hepatocellular transplantation; In vivo; Kinetics; Long term repopulation; Quantification; Therapeutic potential

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; RETRORSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 30644467107     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6176     Document Type: Article

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