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Stem Cells Speed Growth Of Healthy Liver Tissue





Science Daily - For the first time, researchers have used adult bone marrow


stem cells to regenerate healthy human liver tissue, according to a study


published in the April issue of the journal Radiology.





When large, fast-growing cancers invade the liver, some patients are unable


to undergo surgery, because removing the cancerous tissue would leave too


little liver to support the body.





Researchers at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany, used adult


bone marrow stem cells to help quickly regenerate healthy liver tissue,


enabling patients to eventually undergo a surgical resection.





"Our study suggests that liver stem cells harvested from the patient's own


bone marrow can further augment and accelerate the liver's natural capacity


to regenerate itself," said Günther Fürst, M.D., co-author and professor of


radiology.





In the study, researchers compared the results of portal vein embolization


(PVE), a technique currently used to help regenerate liver tissue, to a


combination of PVE and an injection of bone marrow stem cells into the


liver.





PVE blocks blood flow to the diseased portion of the liver and diverts blood


to the organ's healthy tissue, promoting liver growth. Bone marrow stem


cells extracted from the patient's hip bone and injected into the liver also


help the liver regenerate.





The study included 13 patients with large central liver malignancies who


were unable to undergo surgery because resection would leave less than 25


percent of their total liver volume.





Six of the patients underwent both PVE and injection of bone marrow stem


cells. Seven patients underwent only PVE. Computed tomography (CT) scans


were performed before and up to five weeks after PVE to determine the degree


of liver growth.





Patients who received the combination of PVE and stem cell injection had


double the liver growth rate and gain in liver volume, compared with those


who underwent PVE alone. As a result, the patients who received the combined


treatment were able to undergo surgery an average of 18 days sooner than


patients who received PVE only.





"Our research demonstrates that stem cells are a powerful adjunct to PVE for


patients undergoing surgical resection," said Jan Schulte am Esch, M.D.,


co-author and surgery staff member. "Based on our results, we also believe


that adult stem cell administration may be a promising therapy for


regenerating livers damaged by other chronic and acute diseases."





The researchers are currently embarking on a randomized controlled trial of


the therapy.





"Embolization and CD133+ Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Liver Regeneration."


Collaborating with Prof. Fürst and Dr. Schulte am Esch on this paper were L.


Benjamin Fritz, M.D., Ludger W. Poll, M.D., Stefan B. Hosch, M.D., Michael


Klein, M.D., Erhard Godehardt, M.D., Andreas Krieg, M.D., Britta Wecker,


Volker Stoldt, M.D., Marcus Stockschläder, Claus F. Eisenberger, M.D.,


Ulrich Mödder, M.D., and Wolfram R. Knoefel, M.D.





Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Radiological


Society of North America.





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