Successful Retroviral Gene Transfer of Simian Virus 40 T Antigen and Herpes Simplex Virus-Thymidine Kinase into Human Hepatocytes

Current clinical reports have indicated that hepatocyte transplantation (HTX) could be used in patients with liver failure and in children with liver-based metabolic diseases. One of the major limiting factors of HTX is a serious shortage of donor livers for hepatocyte isolation. To address this iss...

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Main Authors: Naoya Kobayashi M.D., Ph.D., Hirofumi Noguchi, Karen A. Westerman, Takamasa Watanabe, Toshihisa Matsumura, Toshinori Totsugawa, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Philippe Leboulch, Noriaki Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2001-05-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000001783986585