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Hepatocyte transplantation has been successful in many animal models of acute liver failure. In contrast, only few clinical attempts have been made, mainly because of the lack of a reliable source of liver cells. Transplantation of human stem or precursor cells may represent an alternative technique. Herein, we evaluated whether transplantation of Neo-Hepatocytes, i. e. hepatocyte-like cells differentiated from blood monocytes, could sustain function and recovery of fibrotic liver tissue. A single intrahepatic transplantation of Neo-Hepatocytes did not support liver function (urea and ammonia plasma levels) as well as liver recovery (aspartate aminotransferase plasma level) in case of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis.
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Eipel, C., Nüssler, A.K., Sievert, K., Brulport, M., Hengstler, J.G., Vollmar, B. (2007). Einsatz von Neo-Hepatozyten zur Therapie des fibrotischen Leberschadens. In: Steinau, H.U., Schackert, H.K., Bauer, H. (eds) Chirurgisches Forum 2007. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71123-0_81
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