Liver regeneration and inflammation: from fundamental science to clinical applications

L Campana, H Esser, M Huch, S Forbes - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Liver regeneration is a complex process involving the crosstalk of multiple cell types,
including hepatocytes, hepatic stellate cells, endothelial cells and inflammatory cells. The …

Machine perfusion in liver transplantation

RX Sousa Da Silva, A Weber, P Dutkowski… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although liver transplantation is a true success story, many patients still die awaiting an
organ. The increasing need for liver grafts therefore remains an unsolved challenge to the …

Transplantation of a human liver following 3 days of ex situ normothermic preservation

PA Clavien, P Dutkowski, M Mueller… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Current organ preservation methods provide a narrow window (usually< 12 hours) to
assess, transport and implant donor grafts for human transplantation. Here we report the …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of livers donated after circulatory death for transplantation–An international comparison

J Eden, RXS Da Silva, M Cortes-Cerisuelo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver graft utilization rates are a hot topic due to the worldwide organ
shortage and the increasing number of transplant candidates on waiting lists. Liver perfusion …

Prolonged preservation by hypothermic machine perfusion facilitates logistics in liver transplantation: A European observational cohort study

IMA Brüggenwirth, M Mueller… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A short period (1–2 h) of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) after static
cold storage is safe and reduces ischemia‐reperfusion injury‐related complications after …

Criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking phantoms for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation

L Hacker, H Wabnitz, A Pifferi, TJ Pfefer… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical
validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its …

Partial freezing of rat livers extends preservation time by 5-fold

SN Tessier, RJ de Vries, CA Pendexter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The limited preservation duration of organs has contributed to the shortage of organs for
transplantation. Recently, a tripling of the storage duration was achieved with supercooling …

Machine perfusion of the liver: applications in transplantation and beyond

CDL Ceresa, D Nasralla, JM Pollok… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The shortage of donor livers considered suitable for transplantation has driven the
development of novel methods for organ preservation and reconditioning. Machine …

[HTML][HTML] Normothermic liver machine perfusion as a dynamic platform for regenerative purposes: What does the future have in store for us?

B Lascaris, VE de Meijer, RJ Porte - Journal of Hepatology, 2022 - Elsevier
Liver transplantation has become an immense success; nevertheless, far more recipients
are registered on waiting lists than there are available donor livers for transplantation. High …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels derived from decellularized liver tissue support the growth and differentiation of cholangiocyte organoids

J Willemse, G van Tienderen, E van Hengel, I Schurink… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Human cholangiocyte organoids are promising for regenerative medicine applications, such
as repair of damaged bile ducts. However, organoids are typically cultured in mouse tumor …