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ReviewJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology2011

Use of stem cells for liver diseases-current scenario.

Ashish Kumar, Nirupama Trehan Pati, Shiv Kumar Sarin

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Review in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ashish KumarDepartment of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India ; Special Center for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Nirupama Trehan PatiDepartment of Research, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India.
Shiv Kumar SarinDepartment of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India ; Special Center for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

End-stage liver disease and liver failure are major health problems worldwide leading to high mortality and morbidity and high healthcare costs. Currently, orthotropic liver transplantation is the only effective treatment available to the patients of end-stage liver disease. However, a serious shortage of liver donors, high cost, and risk of organ rejection are the major obstacles to liver transplantation. Because of the ability of stem cells for differentiation into any tissue type, they have huge potential in therapy of various end-stage or degenerative diseases and traumatic injuries. Stem cell therapy has the potential to provide a valuable adjunct and alternative to liver transplantation and has immense potential in the management of end stage liver disease and liver failure. Stem cell therapy can be mediated by either a direct contribution to the functional hepatocyte population with embryonic, induced pluripotent, or adult stem cells or by promotion of endogenous regenerative processes with bone marrow-derived stem cells. Initial translational studies have been encouraging and have suggested improved liver function in advanced chronic liver disease and enhanced liver regeneration after portal vein embolization and partial hepatic resection. Stem cells infusion in cirrhotic patients has improved liver parameters and could form a viable bridge to transplantation. The present review summarizes basic of stem cell biology relevant to clinicians and an update on recent advances on the management of liver diseases using stem cells.

Indexed as

AFP, alpha (α)-fetoproteinBM, bone marrowEPCAM, epithelial cell adhesion moleculeES, embryonic stemFSCs, fetal stem cellshAECs, human amniotic epithelial cellsHepatocyte transplantationHPC, hepatic progenitor cellsHSC, hematopoietic stem cellsICAM, intercellular adhesion moleculeiPSCs, induced pluripotent stem cellsliver transplantationMSCs, mesenchymal stem cellsNCAM, neural cell adhesion moleculestem cellUCB, umbilical cord blood

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PMID25755306
PMCPMC3940313

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