Transplantation of human fetal biliary tree stem/progenitor cells into two patients with advanced liver cirrhosis

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cardinale, Vincenzo ^a   Carpino, Guido ^b   Gentile, Raffaele ^a   Napoletano, Chiara ^c   Rahimi, Hassan ^c   Franchitto, Antonio ^d,e   Semeraro, Rossella ^a   Nuti, Marianna ^c   Onori, Paolo ^d   Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo ^f   Rossi, Massimo ^f   Bosco, Daniela ^c   Brunelli, Roberto ^d   Fraveto, Alice ^a   Napoli, Cristina ^a   Torrice, Alessia ^a   Gatto, Manuela ^a   Venere, Rosanna ^a   Bastianelli, Carlo ^d   Aliberti, Camilla ^d   Salvatori, Filippo Maria ^d   Bresadola, Luciano ^d   Bezzi, Mario ^d   Attili, Adolfo Francesco ^a   Reid, Lola ^g   Gaudio, Eugenio ^d   Alvaro, Domenico ^a,e   more..

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Forensic Medicine and Orthopedics Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^e Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation   (Italy)

^f Dipto di Sci Clin (Endocrinol)   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Clinical trial; Human biliary tree stem progenitor cells; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN GA733;

AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TREE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD PUGH SCORE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BILIARY TRACT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84964313384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-014-0204-z     Document Type: Article

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