Maintenance of Cold-Preserved Porcine Hepatocyte Function with UW Solution and Ascorbic Acid-2 Glucoside

Normal human hepatocytes are an ideal source of liver-targeted cell therapies, such as hepatocyte transplantation and bioartificial livers, but availability of human donor livers for liver cell isolation is severely limited. To effectively utilize scarce donor organs for cell therapies, it is of ext...

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Main Authors: Michihiko Takesue, Masanobu Maruyama, Norikuni Shibata, Takemi Kunieda, Teru Okitsu, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Toshinori Totsugawa, Yoshikazu Kosaka, Akira Arata, Hideaki Ikeda, Junji Matsuoka, Toshie Oyama, Makoto Kodama, Kenji Ohmoto, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Yuzuru Kurabayashi, Itaru Yamamoto, Noriaki Tanaka, Naoya Kobayashi M.D., PH.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2003-09-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000003108747208