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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 157, 期 6, 页码 1963-1974出版社
AMER SOC INVESTIGATIVE PATHOLOGY, INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64835-3
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01-DK49787] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [T32 ES007015, R01-ES07671, 2T32ES7015-21] Funding Source: Medline
To examine the process of liver repopulation by transplanted hepatocytes, we developed transgenic mice carrying a mouse major urinary protein-urokinase-type plasminogen activator fusion transgene. Expression of this transgene induced diffuse hepatocellular damage beginning at 3 weeks of age, and homozygous mice supported up to 97% parenchymal repopulation by healthy donor hepatocytes transplanted into the spleen. Using this transplantation model, we determined that 1) a mean of 21% of splenically injected hepatocytes engraft in liver parenchyma; 2) a mean of 6.6% of splenically injected hepatocytes (or one-third of engrafted cells) can give rise to proliferating hepatocyte foci; 3) transplanted cells in proliferating foci display an initial cell-doubling time of 28 hours, and focus growth continues through a mean of 12 cell doublings; 4) hepatocytes isolated from young and aged adult mice display similar focus repopulation kinetics; 5) the extent of repopulated parenchyma remains stable throughout the life of the recipient mouse; and 6) tetraploid and octaploid hepatocytes can support clonal proliferation.
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