| First Author | Weglarz TC | Year | 2000 |
| Journal | Am J Pathol | Volume | 157 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 1963-74 |
| PubMed ID | 11106569 | Mgi Jnum | J:66132 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1928016 | Doi | 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64835-3 |
| Citation | Weglarz TC, et al. (2000) Hepatocyte transplantation into diseased mouse liver : kinetics of parenchymal repopulation and identification of the proliferative capacity of tetraploid and octaploid hepatocytes. Am J Pathol 157(6):1963-74 |
| abstractText | 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. |
