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ArticleCell transplantation

Human Amnion Epithelial Cells Produce Soluble Factors that Enhance Liver Repair by Reducing Fibrosis While Maintaining Regeneration in a Model of Chronic Liver Injury.

Alexander Hodge, Neil Andrewartha, Dinushka Lourensz, Robyn Strauss, Jeanne Correia, Mihiri Goonetilleke, George Yeoh, Rebecca Lim, William Sievert

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Article in Cell transplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander HodgeGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, 2538Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Neil AndrewarthaCentre for Medical Research, 102804Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9900-931X
Dinushka LourenszGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, 2538Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Robyn StraussCentre for Medical Research, 102804Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Jeanne CorreiaGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, 2538Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mihiri GoonetillekeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Sciences, 2541Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
George YeohCentre for Medical Research, 102804Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Rebecca LimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Sciences, 2541Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
William SievertGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, 2538Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Monash Health · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUHudson Institute of Medical Research · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human amnion epithelial cells (hAECs) exert potent antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects when transplanted into preclinical models of tissue fibrosis. These effects are mediated in part via the secretion of soluble factors by hAECs which modulate signaling pathways and affect cell types involved in inflammation and fibrosis. Based on these reports, we hypothesized that these soluble factors may also support liver regeneration during chronic liver injury. To test this, we characterized the effect of both hAECs and hAEC-conditioned medium (CM) on liver repair in a mouse model of carbon tetrachloride (CCl

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Liver RegenerationAmnionAnimalsCell CountCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCulture Media, ConditionedDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyHepatocytesHumansInflammationLiverLiver CirrhosisCulture Media, Conditionedamnion epithelial cellscell therapyliver fibrosisliver progenitor cellsliver repair

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PMID32813573
PMCPMC7563845
OpenAlexW3062965236

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