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ReviewPediatric research2018

Human hepatocyte transplantation for liver disease: current status and future perspectives.

V Iansante, R R Mitry, C Filippi, E Fitzpatrick, A Dhawan

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Review in Pediatric research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 232 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Cell therapy for liver disorders: past, present and future.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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  17. Therapeutic liver cell transplantation to treat murine PKU.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024
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  18. Mice Engrafted with Human Liver Cells.Seminars in liver disease · 2024
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

V IansanteDhawanLab, Paediatric Liver GI and Nutrition Center and MowatLabs, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
R R MitryDhawanLab, Paediatric Liver GI and Nutrition Center and MowatLabs, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
C FilippiDhawanLab, Paediatric Liver GI and Nutrition Center and MowatLabs, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
E FitzpatrickDhawanLab, Paediatric Liver GI and Nutrition Center and MowatLabs, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
A DhawanDhawanLab, Paediatric Liver GI and Nutrition Center and MowatLabs, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
King's College London · GBKing's College Hospital · GB

Funding

Department of Health II-C3-0714-20003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver transplantation is the accepted treatment for patients with acute liver failure and liver-based metabolic disorders. However, donor organ shortage and lifelong need for immunosuppression are the main limitations to liver transplantation. In addition, loss of the native liver as a target organ for future gene therapy for metabolic disorders limits the futuristic treatment options, resulting in the need for alternative therapeutic strategies. A potential alternative to liver transplantation is allogeneic hepatocyte transplantation. Over the last two decades, hepatocyte transplantation has made the transition from bench to bedside. Standardized techniques have been established for isolation, culture, and cryopreservation of human hepatocytes. Clinical hepatocyte transplantation safety and short-term efficacy have been proven; however, some major hurdles-mainly concerning shortage of donor organs, low cell engraftment, and lack of a long-lasting effect-need to be overcome to widen its clinical applications. Current research is aimed at addressing these problems, with the ultimate goal of increasing hepatocyte transplantation efficacy in clinical applications.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationCell TransplantationCryopreservationEnd Stage Liver DiseaseHepatocytesHumansImmune SystemLiverLiver DiseasesLiver Failure, AcuteLiver TransplantationMetabolic DiseasesMiceTissue and Organ Procurement

Identifiers

PMID29149103
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