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Molecular Pathology of Liver Diseases pp 225–241Cite as

Hepatic Progenitors in Development and Transplantation

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The rationale for studies to repopulate the liver with transplanted cells is essentially based on three observations: (1) The well-known finding that the liver can fully regenerate after acute hepatotoxic injury or surgical reduction in liver mass, (2) the regenerated liver functions normally, without long-term impairment, and (3) a unique portal (venous to venous) circulation exists in the liver that provides ready access of transplanted cells to the parenchyma through the hepatic sinusoids.

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