Human Liver-Derived Stem Cells Improve Fibrosis and Inflammation Associated with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

• Main Authors: Stefania Bruno (Author), Maria Beatriz Herrera Sanchez (Author), Chiara Pasquino (Author), Marta Tapparo (Author), Massimo Cedrino (Author), Ciro Tetta (Author), Giovanni Camussi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cell therapy may be regarded as a feasible alternative to whole organ transplantation to treat end-stage liver diseases. Human liver stem cells (HLSCs) are a population of cells easily obtainable and expandable from a human adult liver biopsy. HLSCs share with mesenchymal stromal cells the same phen...