title: Human hepatocyte transplantation overview.
abstract: The interest in hepatocyte transplantation has been growing continuously in recent years and this treatment may represent an alternative clinical approach for patients with acute liver failure and liver-based metabolic disorders. This chapter presents an overview of liver cell transplantation, from the basic research to human experience. It summarizes the pre-clinical studies and present status of clinical hepatocyte transplantation and identifies some possible areas of future research in this area.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London School of Medicine London, UK.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puppi
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhawan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000639:trends