학술논문
Whole liver engineering: A promising approach to develop functional liver surrogates.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
*ORGAN donors
*LIVER transplantation
*ARTIFICIAL organs
*SURGERY
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Language
ISSN
1478-3223
Abstract
Liver donor shortage remains the biggest challenge for patients with end-stage liver failures. While bioartificial liver devices have been developed as temporary supports for patients waiting for transplantation, their applications have been limited clinically. Whole liver engineering is a biological scaffold based regenerative medicine approach that holds promise for developing functional liver surrogates. Significant advancements have been made since the first report in 2010. This review focuses on the recent achievements of whole liver engineering studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]