Cell therapy for liver disease: From liver transplantation to cell factory

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 62, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S157-S169

  Forbes, Stuart J ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b   Dhawan, Anil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Liver cirrhosis; Liver regeneration; Metabolic liver disease; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELL; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANIMAL; CELL REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; LIVER DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84938079812     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.02.040     Document Type: Review

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