A Distinct Subpopulation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Muse Cells, Directly Commit to the Replacement of Liver Components
Katagiri H, Kushida Y, Nojima M, Kuroda Y, Wakao S, Ishida K, Endo F, Kume K, Takahara T, Nitta H, Tsuda H, Dezawa M, Nishizuka SS. A Distinct Subpopulation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Muse Cells, Directly Commit to the Replacement of Liver Components. American Journal Of Transplantation 2015, 16: 468-483. PMID: 26663569, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver componentsBone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsMarrow mesenchymal stem cellsLiver regenerationBM-MSCsMuse cellsMesenchymal stem cellsLiving-donor liver transplantationSinusoidal endothelial cellsMultilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cellsPartial hepatectomy modelStem cellsGraft liverLiver transplantationPolymerase chain reactionCell involvementImmunodeficient miceKupffer cellsSinusoidal cellsPeriportal areasExtrahepatic originHepatectomy modelSpecific subpopulationsEndothelial cellsProgenitor markers