Normothermic ex vivo liver platform using porcine slaughterhouse livers for disease modeling

M Krüger, A Ruppelt, B Kappler, E Van Soest… - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metabolic and toxic liver disorders, such as fatty liver disease (steatosis) and drug-induced
liver injury, are highly prevalent and potentially life-threatening. To allow for the study of …

[HTML][HTML] Principles and current status of abdominal organ preservation for transplantation

SH Abbas, PJ Friend - Surgery in Practice and Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid organ transplantation provides a definitive treatment for end-stage organ failure. The
clinical field has progressed rapidly since its early beginnings during the latter half of the …

Beneficial Effects of Combined Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Porcine Donors after Cardiac Death for Liver …

H Iwata, H Obara, T Nakajo, H Kaneko… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grafts from donors after cardiac death (DCD) have greatly contributed to expanding the
donor organ pool. This study aimed to determine the benefits of subnormothermic …

Ex vivo mesenchymal stem cell therapy to regenerate machine perfused organs

C Bogensperger, J Hofmann, F Messner… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transplantation represents the treatment of choice for many end-stage diseases but is
limited by the shortage of healthy donor organs. Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion …

Application of polymerized porcine hemoglobin in the ex vivo normothermic machine perfusion of rat livers

B Li, J Zhang, C Shen, T Zong, C Zhao… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: In contrast to traditional static cold preservation of donor livers, normothermic
machine perfusion (NMP) may reduce preservation injury, improve graft viability and …

Appropriate timing for hypothermic machine perfusion to preserve livers donated after circulatory death

X Hu, W Wang, C Zeng, W He… - Molecular …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) is a method that can be more effective in preserving
donor organs compared with cold storage (CS). However, the optimal duration and the exact …

Current practice and novel approaches in organ preservation

OS Ozgur, BE Namsrai, TL Pruett, JC Bischof… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Organ transplantation remains the only treatment option for patients with end-stage organ
failure. The last decade has seen a flurry of activity in improving organ preservation …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Application of a Semi quantitative Scoring Method for Ultrastructural Assessment of Acute Stress in Pancreatic Islets

NJ Dyson, N Kattner, M Honkanen-Scott… - Transplantation …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background. Pancreas and islet transplantation outcomes are negatively impacted by injury
to the endocrine cells from acute stress during donor death, organ procurement, processing …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of machine perfusion in liver transplantation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

X Yang, Y Li, Q Guo, Y Li, X Zhong - Journal of Liver Transplantation, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In contemporary transplantation research, the utilization of machine perfusion to
facilitate the perfusion, preservation, evaluation, and repair of donor livers has garnered …

Replacing renal function using bioengineered tissues

MH Little, TJ Rabelink - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Kidney transplantation is at present the only definitive treatment for patients with end-stage
kidney disease that can improve the quality of life compared with dialysis. However, donor …