Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81121002);the National S&T Major Project of China(No.2012ZX10002017)
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is one of the most prevalent malignant tumors worldwide. Liver transplantation(LT) is known as a curative and therapeutic modality. However, the survival rates of recipients after LT ...
supported by grants from the Chinese High-Tech Research&Development(863)Program(2013AA020102 and 2012AA020204);Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81121002);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2014XZZX008 and 2014FZA7010);Zhejiang CTM Science and Technology Project(2011ZB061);Zhejiang Health Science Foundation(2016KYA148);the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and Cancer Council of Western Australia
BACKGROUND: Differentiation of liver progenitor cells(LPCs) to functional hepatocytes holds great potential to develop new strategies for hepatocyte transplantation and the screening of drug-induced cytotoxicity. H...
supported in part by grants from the National Science and Technology Major Project (2012ZX10002-017);Natural Science Foundation of China for Innovative Research Group (81121002);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81470891);the Qianjiang Talent Program of Zhejiang Province, China (2012R10045);the 863 National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China for young scientists (2015AA020923);the Scientific Research Program for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Health, China (491010-G51104)
BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage liver diseases. However, the gap between the low availability of organs and high demand is continuously increasing. Innovative st...
supported by grants from National S&T Major Project(2012ZX10002017);the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81121002);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81200331)
BACKGROUND: The prognostic prediction of liver transplantation(LT) guides the donor organ allocation. However, there is currently no satisfactory model to predict the recipients’ outcome, especially for the patien...