期刊
GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 154, 期 1, 页码 46-56出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.09.049
关键词
Stem Cell Therapy; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Hepatocytes; Regenerative Medicine
资金
- Aiming for the Top University Plan, a grant from Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST103-2314-B-010-053-MY3, MOST 106-2321-B-010-008, MOST 106-2911-I-010-502, MOST 106-3114-B-010-002]
Liver transplantation is the only effective therapy for patients with decompensated cirrhosis and fulminant liver failure. However, due to a shortage of donor livers and complications associated with immune suppression, there is an urgent need for new therapeutic strategies for patients with end-stage liver diseases. Given their unique function in self-renewal and differentiation potential, stem cells might be used to regenerate damaged liver tissue. Recent studies have shown that stem cell - based therapies can improve liver function in a mouse model of hepatic failure. Moreover, acellular liver scaffolds seeded with hepatocytes produced functional bioengineered livers for organ transplantation in preclinical studies. The therapeutic potential of stem cells or their differentiated progenies will depend on their capacity to differentiate into mature and functional cell types after transplantation. It will also be important to devise methods to overcome their genomic instability, immune reactivity, and tumorigenic potential. We review directions and advances in the use of mesenchymal stem cells and their derived hepatocytes for liver regeneration. We also discuss the potential applications of hepatocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells and challenges to using these cells in treating end-stage liver disease.
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