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Human hepatocyte transplantation: current experience and future challenges
Abstract
Hepatocyte transplantation has shown potential as an additional treatment modality for certain diseases of the liver. To date, patients with liver-based metabolic disorders or acute liver failure have undergone hepatocyte transplantation in several centers around the world. Results from individual patients are promising, especially for the treatment of liver-based metabolic disorders, but the lack of controlled trials makes the interpretation of the findings difficult. The current source of isolated hepatocytes is donor organs that are unused or deemed unsuitable for liver transplantation. Hence the major challenge that this field is facing is the limited supply of donor organs that can provide good quality cells. Alternative sources of cells, including stem cells, are under investigation. This Review discusses the current bench-to-bedside issues and future challenges that need to be faced to allow the wider application of hepatocyte transplantation.
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“Transplantation of primary hepatocytes has been evaluated as an alternative to organ transplantation both in clinics and animal models (Dhawan et al., 2010”
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“For late-stage liver diseases in which the liver loses its regeneration capability, the only curative therapy is liver transplantation (Dhawan et al., 2010”
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“Because for some liver diseases a repopulation of 10% would be sufficient to show therapeutic effect (Dhawan et al., 2010”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dhawan, A., Puppi, J., Hughes, R. D., & Mitry, R. R.
- Affiliations
- King's College Hospital (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dhawan, Anil
- ORCID
- Dhawan, Anil
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Published
- 2010-04-06
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 288-298
- ISSN
- 1759-5045 (ISSN-L)
- 1759-5053
- OpenAlex
- W1999889167
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 28
- FWCI
- 4.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Keywords
- hepatocyte transplantation, metabolic liver disease, acute liver failure, organ shortage, stem cell sources, cell therapy, bench-to-bedside translation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Treatment Outcome, Liver Failure, Cell Transplantation, Hepatocytes
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