title: Application potential of mesenchymal stem cells derived from Wharton's jelly in liver tissue engineering.
abstract: The shortage of organ resource has been limiting the application of liver transplantation. Bioartificial liver construction is increasingly focused as a replacement treatment. To product a bioartificial liver, three elements must be considered: seeding cells, scaffold and bioreactor. Recent studies have shown that several methods can successfully differentiate MSC (mesenchymal stem cells) derived from Wharton's jelly into hepatocyte, such as stimulating MSC by cytokines and growth factors, direct and indirect co-culture MSC with hepatocytes, or promote MSC differentiation by 3-dimensional matrix. In some cases, differentiation of MSC into hepatocytes can also be an alternative approach for whole organ transplantation in treatment of acute and chronic liver diseases. In this review, the characterization of MSC from Wharton's jelly, their potential of application in liver tissue engineering on base of decellularized scaffold, their status of banking and their preclinical work performed will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kun Ming Medical University, Kun Ming, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kun Ming Medical University, Kun Ming, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Hen
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kun Ming Medical University, Kun Ming, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kun Ming Medical University, Kun Ming, China CNRS, UMR 7365, Biopole, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Jun-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7365, Biopole, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Isla
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7365, Biopole, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoltz
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D019164:Liver, Artificial; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D059631:Wharton Jelly / Q000166:cytology*
keywords: Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells (WJ-MSCs); differentiation; hepatocyte; liver tissue engineering