The history and use of human hepatocytes for the treatment of liver diseases: The first 100 patients

Current Protocols in Toxicology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages 14.12.1-14.12.23

  Hansel, Marc C ^a,b   Gramignoli, Roberto ^c   Skvorak, Kristen J ^a   Dorko, Kenneth ^d   Marongiu, Fabio ^e   Blake, William ^f   Davila, Julio ^g   Strom, Stephen C ^c  

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

^b MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cellular therapy; Hepatocyte; Hepatocyte transplantation; Liver disease; Metabolic liver disease; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR SELECTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RECIPIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CYTOLOGY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY;

HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84949190604     PISSN: 19349254     EISSN: 19349262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471140856.tx1412s62     Document Type: Article

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