Hepatocyte transplantation: Current and future developments

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-508

  Najimi, Mustapha ^a   Smets, Françoise ^a   Sokal, Etienne ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte transplantation; Liver repopulation; Metabolic disease; Rejection; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS;

CELL MATURATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EVALUATION; FETUS LIVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER REGENERATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 34648844170     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3282efd60b     Document Type: Review

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