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Comparative Study
. 1995 May 23;92(11):4942-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.11.4942.

Complete reconstitution of mouse liver with xenogeneic hepatocytes

J A Rhim  1 , E P Sandgren, R D Palmiter, R L Brinster
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Comparative Study

Complete reconstitution of mouse liver with xenogeneic hepatocytes

J A Rhim et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

We have developed a system for studying hepatocellular growth potential in which liver cells are introduced into the diseased livers of albumin-urokinase (Alb-uPA) transgenic mice. To use this system to study xenogeneic cell transplantation, rat liver cells were introduced into immunotolerant Alb-uPA transgenic mice. In regenerated recipient livers, up to 100% of hepatocellular gene expression was of rat origin, demonstrating the creation of a functional mouse liver in which parenchyma is derived from xenogeneic (rat) hepatocytes. Immunotolerant Alb-uPA transgenic mice provide a tool for studying hepatocellular biology of any species, including humans, in a controlled experimental setting.

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