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ArticleNature medicine2014

Supercooling enables long-term transplantation survival following 4 days of liver preservation.

Tim A Berendsen, Bote G Bruinsma, Catheleyne F Puts, Nima Saeidi, O Berk Usta, Basak E Uygun, Maria-Louisa Izamis, Mehmet Toner, Martin L Yarmush, Korkut Uygun

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Article in Nature medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cryopreservation of biological materials: applications and economic perspectives.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026
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  9. Thermodynamic Principles of Emerging Cryopreservation Technologies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  11. Anti-Icing Organogel Enables Quasi-Homogeneous Supercooling Preservation of Mouse Hearts.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Tim A Berendsen1] Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Bote G BruinsmaCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Catheleyne F PutsCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nima SaeidiCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
O Berk UstaCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Basak E UygunCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Maria-Louisa IzamisCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mehmet TonerCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Martin L Yarmush1] Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Korkut UygunCenter for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

Bio-MicroElectroMechanical Systems Resource CenterP41EB002503 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TONER, MEHMET · 2004 to 2018
$17.4M
Recellularization of Liver BioscaffoldsR01DK084053 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI UYGUN, BASAK ELIF, YARMUSH, MARTIN L · 2009 to 2020
$4.6M
Metabolic Modeling for Cadaveric Organ ResuscitationR01DK096075 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI UYGUN, KORKUT, YEH, HEIDI · 2012 to 2022
$3.9M
Extended Storage of Tissues and Organs in Subzero EnvironmentsR01EB008678 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI YARMUSH, MARTIN L · 2009 to 2012
$2.5M
Computer-aided Development of a Liver Organ Culture SystemR00DK080942 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI UYGUN, KORKUT · 2010 to 2012
$900k
Use of Discarded Organs for Preparation of Liver GraftsR00DK088962 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI UYGUN, BASAK ELIF · 2014 to 2016
$844k
Use of Discarded Organs for Preparation of Liver GraftsK99DK088962 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI UYGUN, BASAK ELIF · 2011 to 2012
$175k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The realization of long-term human organ preservation will have groundbreaking effects on the current practice of transplantation. Herein we present a new technique based on subzero nonfreezing preservation and extracorporeal machine perfusion that allows transplantation of rat livers preserved for up to four days, thereby tripling the viable preservation duration.

Indexed as

Cold TemperatureLiver TransplantationOrgan PreservationSurvival RateAnimalsRats

Identifiers

PMID24973919
PMCPMC4141719

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