Influence of donor liver telomere and G-tail on clinical outcome after living donor liver transplantation.

It has been reported that donor age affects patient outcomes after liver transplantation, and that telomere length is associated with age. However, to our knowledge, the impact of donor age and donor liver telomere length in liver transplantation has not been well investigated. This study aimed to c...

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Main Authors: Biou Liu, Kumiko Anno, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Jinlian Piao, Hidetoshi Tahara, Hideki Ohdan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213462