Article
Engraftment and Repopulation Potential of Late Gestation Fetal Rat Hepatocytes.
Transplantation - 1 Oct 2017
Boylan Joan M, Francois-Vaughan Heather, Gruppuso Philip A, Sanders Jennifer A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The limited availability of donor organs has led to a search for alternatives to liver transplantation to restore liver function and bridge patients to transplantation. We have shown that the proliferation of late gestation (embryonic day 19) fetal rat hepatocytes is mitogen-independent and that mechanisms regulating mRNA translation, cell cycle progression, and gene expression differ from those of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
