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ArticleCell transplantation

The Efficacy of the Hepatocyte Spheroids for Hepatocyte Transplantation.

Kazuaki Shibuya, Masaaki Watanabe, Ryoichi Goto, Masaaki Zaitsu, Yoshikazu Ganchiku, Akinobu Taketomi

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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 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Kazuaki ShibuyaDepartment of Gastroenterological surgery I, 12810Hokkaido university graduate school, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3359-1607
Masaaki WatanabeTransplant surgery, 163693Hokkaido University Hospital, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
Ryoichi GotoDepartment of Gastroenterological surgery I, 12810Hokkaido university graduate school, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
Masaaki ZaitsuDepartment of Gastroenterological surgery I, 12810Hokkaido university graduate school, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
Yoshikazu GanchikuDepartment of Gastroenterological surgery I, 12810Hokkaido university graduate school, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
Akinobu TaketomiDepartment of Gastroenterological surgery I, 12810Hokkaido university graduate school, kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The safety and short-term efficacy of hepatocyte transplantation (HCTx) have been widely proven. However, issues such as reduced viability and/or function of hepatocytes, insufficient engraftment, and lack of a long-term effect have to be overcome for widespread application of HCTx. In this study, we evaluated hepatocyte spheroids (HSs), formed by self-aggregation of hepatocytes, as an alternative to hepatocytes in single-cell suspension. Hepatocytes were isolated from C57BL/6 J mice liver using a three-step collagenase perfusion technique and HSs were formed by the hanging drop method. After the spheroids formation, the HSs showed significantly higher mRNA expression of albumin, ornithine transcarbamylase, glucose-6-phosphate, alpha-1-antitrypsin, low density lipoprotein receptor, coagulation factors, and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) than 2 dimensional (2D)-cultured hepatocytes (

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AnimalsCell TransplantationHepatocytesMaleMiceMice, KnockoutSpheroids, Cellularapolipoprotein E knockout mousehepatocyte spheroidshepatocyte transplantation

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PMID33900126
PMCPMC8085376

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