Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Liver Diseases: State of the Art and New Perspectives

Millions of patients worldwide suffer from end-stage liver pathologies, whose only curative therapy is liver transplantation (OLT). Given the donor organ shortage, alternatives to OLT have been evaluated, including cell therapies. Hepatocyte transplantation has been attempted to cure metabolic live...

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Main Authors: Anna Chiara Piscaglia, Mariachiara Campanale, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Gasbarrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Stem Cells International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/259461