Engineering of Human Hepatocyte Lines for Cell Therapies in Humans: Prospects and Remaining Hurdles

Hepatocyte-based biological therapies are increasingly envisioned for temporary support in acute liver failure and provision of specific-liver functions in liver-based metabolic deficiency. One of the hurdles to develop such therapies is severe shortage of human livers for hepatocyte isolation. To a...

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Main Authors: Naoya Kobayashi M.D., Noriaki Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2002-07-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000002783985693