Improvement of steatotic rat liver function with a defatting cocktail during ex situ normothermic machine perfusion is not directly related to liver fat content.

There is a significant organ shortage in the field of liver transplantation, partly due to a high discard rate of steatotic livers from donors. These organs are known to function poorly if transplanted but make up a significant portion of the available pool of donated livers. This study demonstrates...

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Main Authors: Siavash Raigani, Cailah Carroll, Stephanie Griffith, Casie Pendexter, Ivy Rosales, Hany Deirawan, Rafic Beydoun, Martin Yarmush, Korkut Uygun, Heidi Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232886