Efficient human fetal liver cell isolation protocol based on vascular perfusion for liver cell-based therapy and case report on cell transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-237

  Gridelli, Bruno ^a,b,c   Vizzini, Giovanni ^b   Pietrosi, Giada ^b   Luca, Angelo ^b   Spada, Marco ^b   Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^b   Cintorino, Davide ^b   Amico, Giandomenico ^c   Chinnici, Cinzia ^c   Miki, Toshio ^a   Schmelzer, Eva ^a   Conaldi, Pier Giulio ^b,c   Triolo, Fabio ^d   Gerlach, Jörg C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^c RiMED Foundation   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PERFUSION; PHENOTYPE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGENASES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FETAL STEM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PHENOTYPE; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856238395     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22322     Document Type: Article

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