The Optimization of Short-Term Hepatocyte Preservation Before Transplantation

Background. No optimal methods for short-term hepatocyte preservation have been established. We have recently developed a prominent oxygen-permeable bag (Tohoku Device [TD]) for pancreatic islet culture and transplantation. In this study, we investigated whether TD is also effective for hepatocyte p...

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Main Authors: Kengo Fukuoka, MD, Akiko Inagaki, PhD, Yasuhiro Nakamura, MD, PhD, Muneyuki Matsumura, MD, Satoru Yoshida, MD, PhD, Takehiro Imura, Yasuhiro Igarashi, MD, PhD, Shigehito Miyagi, MD, PhD, Kazuo Ohashi, MD, PhD, Shin Enosawa, MD, PhD, Takashi Kamei, MD, PhD, Michiaki Unno, MD, PhD, Noriaki Ohuchi, MD, PhD, Susumu Satomi, MD, PhD, Masafumi Goto, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000687