The nude mouse as model for liver deficiency study and treatment and xenotransplantation.
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Vidal I
Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, EA 3921, IFR 133, 25030 Besançon, France ; Unit of Pediatric Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Richert L
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- International journal of hepatology. - 2012
English
We aimed at reviewing the various uses of Nude mouse for the development of liver deficiency models and evaluation of efficacy of hepatic cell xenotransplantation. The first part records the large range of liver deficiency models that can be developed in Nude mice: surgical partial hepatectomy, acute toxic liver deficiency, chronic cirrhosis, and transgenic liver injury. The second part tackles the outcome of rat hepatocyte as well as human cell transplantation, both mature hepatocyte and hepatic progenitor, into Nude mouse submitted to liver injury. Results are discussed and compared to other available immunodeficient mouse models. The issue of humanized liver creation is also addressed. Altogether, these results show that Nude mouse appears to be a suitable small animal model to expand our insight into liver cell engraftment and regeneration.
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https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/261459
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