Open AccessAngiogenesis in the Transplanted Donor Graft After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
DongIn Jung,
Sung-Hwan Moon,
SoonJung Park,
Eun Jae Kim,
In Ho Jang,
CheonSoo Park,
Ji Yoon Lee,
YongPil Cho,
SungGyu Lee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000001972
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , cd31 , transplantation , regeneration (biology) , medicine , liver regeneration , pathology , liver transplantation , neovascularization , immunohistochemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
There is no direct evidence for the role of angiogenesis in liver regeneration in humans. This study aimed to determine whether angiogenesis is involved in the regeneration of transplanted donor grafts in human living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and to examine the impact of donor graft volume on angiogenesis.