Hepatic Cells via Cava Vein Can Influence Allogenic Islet Rat Transplantation

Inferior vena cava hypoplasia with right hepatic vein and accessory inferior hepatic vein shunt.

Inferior vena cava (IVC) hypoplasia is a rare condition. Venous blood flow is usually provided through collaterals in the azygos or hemiazygos venous systems. However, portosystemic shunts with intrahepatic venous collateral are extremely rare. The case is presented here of a large shunt between the right hepatic vein, accessory inferior hepatic vein, and inferior vena cava in a 37-year-old fem...

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION IN APLASTIC ANEMIA

Eighteen patients, twelve men and six women, with aplastic anemia underwent allogenic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from HLA-matched siblings during the period of 1990 to 1996. The conditioning regimen was cyclophosphamide with or without busulfan, depending on the cause of aplasia. Antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) and cyclosporine were used for rejection and acute GVHD prophylaxis, respe...

[Allogenic bone marrow transplantation].

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) after high-dose, marrow-ablative chemoradiotherapy has been established as the treatment of choice for various hematologic, neoplastic, and congenital disorders. The most common type of marrow graft is an allogeneic one from a sibling donor who has compatible human leukocyte antigen (HLA). Only 30% of patients requiring allogeneic BMT have an HLA-com...

Portal vein grafts in hepatic transplantation.

Transplantation of green fluorescent hepatic stellate cells into rat livers.

THE CURRENT METHOD to treat end-stage hepatic disease is whole-liver transplantation. However, this method is limited mainly by a shortage of organ donors. Therefore, developing effective therapies for hepatic cell transplantation represents a major aim of medical research to relieve the suffering of many patients. Most experimental studies on liver cell transplantation are carried out with adu...