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Principles of therapeutic liver repopulation
M Grompe1, E Laconi, D A Shafritz
1Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA. grompem@ohsu.edu
Seminars in Liver Disease
|June 1, 1999
Abstract:
Recently, it has been shown in several animal models that more than 90% of host hepatocytes can be replaced by a small number of transplanted donor cells in a process we term therapeutic liver repopulation. This phenomenon is analogous to repopulation of the hematopoietic system after bone marrow transplantation. Liver repopulation occurs when transplanted cells have a growth advantage in the setting of damage to recipient liver cells. Here we review the current knowledge of this process and discuss the hopeful implications for treatment of liver diseases.