title: [A good model of acute hepatic failure: 95% hepatectomy. Treatment by transplantation of hepatocytes].
abstract: The aim of this study was to develop in rats, a model of acute hepatic failure that mimics human fulminant hepatitis and to study the effect on survival of transplantation of isolated hepatocytes. This study showed that the mortality after 90% hepatectomy was reduced by the sole correction of hypoglycemia. On the other hand, 95% hepatectomy appeared as a reliable and reproductable model, associated with a period of hepatic coma, a deep disorder of coagulation, and a high mortality rate (> 80%) despite correction of hypoglycemia. In this model of acute hepatic failure, intraperitoneal transplantation of encapsulated isolated hepatocytes significantly reduced the mortality rate from 80% in the control groups to 31% in the transplanted group. A complete regeneration of the native liver was observed in all rats surviving. All animals survived after explantation of the hollow fibers. Well preserved hepatocytes were observed in hollow fibers two months after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 402, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balladur
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honiger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delelo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baudrimont
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Calmus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capeau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nordlinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D051381:Rats; D011920:Rats, Inbred WF
vernacular_title: Un bon modèle d'insuffisance hépatique aiguë: l'hépatectomie de 95%. Traitement par la transplantation d'hépatocytes.