• 1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Wuxi Clinical School, Anhui Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214044, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The 101th Hospital of PLA, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214044, P.R.China;
LUO Kunlun, Email: lkl197041@163.com
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Objetive  To summarize the mechanism and the application of the research on liver regeneration. Methods  The related literatures about enteral liver regeneration in recent years were reviewed. Results  Even though liver regeneration after liver resection has been widely studied, we can get better understanding from new clinical application. The process of regeneration induced liver injury rarely occurs in the normal liver. Many studies have focused on the mechanism of liver cell regeneration after liver injury. For example, the study of liver regeneration related factors and liver regenerative cells, but the specific mechanism is still not very clear. Recent techniques using the obvious progress in understanding liver regeneration are portal vein embolization and the associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy. Living donor liver transplantation is one of the most significant clinical outcomes of research on liver regeneration. Another involved in liver regeneration is the main field of stem cell therapy. Conclusion  Great understanding liver regeneration should provide to the development of new treatment strategies and diagnostic procedures for various liver diseases.

Citation: LIU Weiwei, LUO Kunlun. Research progress in clinical application of liver regeneration. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2017, 24(4): 512-517. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201608105 Copy

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