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Assembly and Function of a Bioengineered Human Liver for Transplantation Generated Solely from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Takeishi, Kazuki, Collin de l’Hortet, Alexandra, Wang, Yang, Handa, Kan, Guzman-Lepe, Jorge, Matsubara, Kentaro, Morita, Kazutoyo, Jang, Sae +15 more·2020·Cell Reports

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The availability of an autologous transplantable auxiliary liver would dramatically affect the treatment of liver disease. Assembly and function in vivo of a bioengineered human liver derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has not been previously described. By improving methods for liver decellularization, recellularization, and differentiation of different liver cellular lineages of human iPSCs in an organ-like environment, we generated functional engineered human mini livers and performed transplantation in a rat model. Whereas previous studies recellularized liver scaffolds largely with rodent hepatocytes, we repopulated not only the parenchyma with human iPSC-hepatocytes but also the vascular system with human iPS-endothelial cells, and the bile duct network with human iPSC-biliary epithelial cells. The regenerated human iPSC-derived mini liver containing multiple cell types was tested in vivo and remained functional for 4 days after auxiliary liver transplantation in immunocompromised, engineered (IL2rg −/− ) rats.

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Takeishi, K., Collin de l’Hortet, A., Wang, Y., Handa, K., Guzman-Lepe, J., Matsubara, K., Morita, K., Jang, S., Haep, N., Florentino, R. M., Yuan, F., Fukumitsu, K., Tobita, K., Sun, W., Franks, J., Delgado, E. R., Shapiro, E. M., Fraunhoffer, N. A., Duncan, A. W., Yagi, H., Mashimo, T., Fox, I. J., & Soto-Gutierrez, A.
Affiliations
  • Kyushu University (JP)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
  • Keio University (JP)
  • Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (JP)
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-06
Volume
31
Issue
9
Pages
107711
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3032600724
Cited by
118
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 4
FWCI
17.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Conicet (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie (P30CA047904)
  • American Liver Foundation (PCT/US2018/018032, WO/2015/168254, WO/2011/002926)
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • National Institutes of Health (HSN276201200017C, DK117881, DK103645, DK107697, DK119973, TR002383, P30DK120531, DK099257, P30CA047904)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Keywords
induced pluripotent stem cells, auxiliary liver transplantation, iPSC-derived hepatocytes, iPSC-derived endothelial cells, rat model
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Fetus, Fibroblasts, Humans, Male, Transcription Factors, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, Immunocompromised Host, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Hepatocytes, Tissue Engineering, Activins, Rats, Tissue Scaffolds, Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Cellular Reprogramming

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