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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2026; 32(9): 111199
Published online Mar 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i9.111199
Published online Mar 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i9.111199
Table 3 Experimental conditions and main findings in small animal liver ex vivo machine perfusion studies
| Ref. | Animal | WI time before MP | Length of SCS before MP | MP type and length of MP |
| Kim et al[14] | Rats | NA | 0 hour | HMP: 48 hours |
| Dutkowski et al[15] | Rats | 11.4 minutes 0.8 minutes or 4.2 minutes 0.4 minutes | NA | HMP: 10 hours |
| Compagnon et al[67] | Rats | < 20 seconds | NA | HMP: 24 hours or 48 hours; NMP: 2 hours |
| Lauschke et al[16] | Rats | 60 minutes | NA | HMP: 24 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 45 minutes |
| Lee et al[90] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 5 hours |
| Tan et al[91] | Rats | NA | 30 minutes | HMP: 36 hours |
| Xu et al[92] | Rats | NA | 0 hour (before HMP) or 24 hours (before NMP) | HMP: 24 hours; NMP: 1 hour |
| Bessems et al[17] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP: 24 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 1 hour |
| Dutkowski et al[18] | Rats | NA | 10 hours | HOPE: 3 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 40 minutes |
| Tolboom et al[19] | Rats | NA | 0 hour | NMP: 6 hours |
| Vairetti et al[20] | Rats | NA | NA | 4 °C, 10 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, 30 °C, or 37 °C MP: 6 hours, NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Manekeller et al[21] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 18 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Stegemann et al[22] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 18 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Ferrigno et al[23] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP or SNMP: 6 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Lüer et al[24] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP: 18 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Olschewski et al[25] | Rats | 60 minutes | NA | HMP or SNMP: 6 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 6 hours |
| Minor et al[26] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 18 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Tolboom et al[27] | Rats | 1 hour | NA | SNMP: 5 hours; NMP: 5 hours |
| Giannone et al[28] | Rats | NA | NA | Normobaric or hyperbaric HMP: 24 hours |
| Perk et al[29] | Rats | 60 minutes or 90 minutes | NA | NMP: 6 hours |
| Schlegel et al[30] | Rats | 30 minutes | 4 hours | HMP: 1 hour |
| Bruinsma et al[88] | Rats | NA | 0 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours and 120 hours | SNMP: 3 hours |
| Liu et al[31] | Rats | NA | NA | SNMP: 6 hours |
| Carnevale et al[93] | Rats | 45 minutes | NA | HMP: 24 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 1.5 hours |
| Schlegel et al[32] | Rats | NA | 30 minutes | HMP or HNP: 1 hour |
| Schlegel et al[33] | Rats | 30 minutes or 60 minutes | NMP: 0 minute or 15 minutes; HOPE: 4 hours | NMP: 4 hours; HOPE: 1 hour |
| Bae et al[34] | Rats | 30-40 minutes | NA | HMP: 8 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 90 minutes |
| Niu et al[68] | Rats | 60 minutes | 5 hours | NMP: 2 hours |
| Tarantola et al[35] | Rats | NA | 6 hours | SNMP, NMP (reperfusion): 6 hours |
| Bruinsma et al[36] | Rats | NA | NA | Loading SNMP: 80 minutes; supercooling: 3-4 days; recovery SNMP: 5 hours |
| Ferrigno et al[37] | Rats | NA | NA | 10 °C, 20 °C, 30 °C or 37 °C MP: 6 hours |
| Jia et al[38] | Rats | NA | 0 hour or 6 hours | HMP: 6 hours or 0 hour |
| Westerkamp et al[94] | Rats | 30 minutes | 6 hours | HMP or SNMP or rewarming MP: 1 hour; NMP: 2 hours |
| Carbonell et al[95] | Rats | NA | NA | NMP: 15 minutes to stabilize (all groups); SNMP or NMP: 30 minutes |
| Op den Dries et al[75] | Rats | 0 minute or 30 minutes | 0 hour or 3 hours | NMP: 3 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Okamura et al[39] | Rats | NA | NA | SNMP: 4 hours; NMP: 2 hours |
| Berardo et al[40] | Rats | NA | 6 hours | SNMP: 6 hours; NMP: 2 hours |
| Chai et al[89] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP: 2 hours or 12 hours |
| Zeng et al[41] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 3 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Beal et al[42] | Rats | NA | NA | NMP: 4 hours |
| Tabka et al[69] | Rats | NA | NA | SNMP: 6 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Xue et al[43] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 3 hours; NMP: 1 hour |
| He et al[78] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP: 3 hours or 6 hours |
| Gassner et al[70] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | NMP: 6 hours |
| Zeng et al[79] | Mice | 30 minutes | 4 hours | HOPE or HNPE: 1 hour; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Jia et al[80] | Rats | NA | NA | HMP: 6 hours |
| Oldani et al[44] | Rats | 1 hour | 30 minutes | HOPE or NMP: 2 hours |
| Chin et al[45] | Rat | NA | NA | NMP: 6 hours |
| Gillooly et al[46] | Rats | 25 minutes | NA | HMP, NMP: 4 hours |
| Martins et al[47] | Rats | NA | 12 hours | NMP: 1 hour |
| Scheuermann et al[48] | Rats | NA | 0 hour | SNMP or NMP: 4 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Claussen et al[71] | Rats | < 15 minutes | < 60 minutes | NMP: 6 hours |
| Haque et al[49] | Rats | NA | NA | NMP: 24 hours |
| Schlegel et al[50] | Rats | 30 minutes | 4 hours | NMP or HOPE: 1 hour |
| Nösser et al[51] | Rats | NA | 81.71 minutes ± 28.44 minutes | SNMP or NMP: 6 hours or 12 hours |
| Yamada et al[96] | Rats | 30 minutes | 6 hours | SNMP or NMP: 30 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes |
| Hu et al[52] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 1 hour, 3 hours, 4 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours; NMP: 2 hours |
| Von Horn and Minor[53] | Rats | 20 minutes | 18 hours | NMP: 2 hours |
| Raigani et al[54] | Rats | NA | < 10 minutes | NMP: 6 hours |
| Yang et al[55] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | NMP: 8 hours |
| Westerkamp et al[76] | Rats | NA | 4 hours | NMP: 3 hours |
| De Vries et al[86] | Rats | 0 h | 0 hour or 24 hours or 72 hours | SNMP: 3 hours |
| Liu et al[85] | Rats | 0 minute, 10 minutes or 30 minutes | NA | HMP or NMP: 4 hours |
| Lin et al[56] | Rats | NA | 1 hour | HMP: 3 hours |
| Rigo et al[57] | Rats | 3.10 minutes (0.35) mean (SEM) | NA | NMP: 4 hours |
| Xu et al[97] | Rats | NA | NA | NMP: 4 hours |
| Carlson et al[58] | Rats | NA | < 5 minutes | NMP: 4 hours |
| Zhou et al[81] | Rats | 30 minutes | 23 hours | HOPE: 1 hour; NMP: 1 hour |
| Cao et al[59] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | NMP: 4 hours |
| De Stefano et al[60] | Rats | 60 minutes | No or 34 minutes ± 7 minutes | NMP: 6 hours |
| Sun et al[61] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | NMP: 6 hours |
| Jennings et al[62] | Rats | NA | < 5 minutes | NMP: 4 hours |
| Wang et al[72] | Mice | 10 minutes | 11 hours | HOPE: 1 hour; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Asong-Fontem et al[73] | Rats | NA | 24 hours | HOPE: 2 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Shi et al[77] | Rats | 30 minutes | 8 hours | NMP: 2 hours |
| Von Horn et al[63] | Rats | 20 minutes | 17 hours or 18 hours | HMP: 1 hour; NMP (reperfusion): 2 hours |
| Zhou et al[82] | Rats | 30 minutes | 0 hour or 23 hours | HOPE: 1 hour; NMP: 1 hour |
| Luo et al[83] | Rats | 30 minutes | 3 hours or 4 hours | HMP or HOPE: 1 hour; NMP: 2 hours |
| Ohara et al[64] | Rats | 60 minutes | NA | NMP: 4 hours |
| Chen et al[65] | Mice | NA | NA | NMP: 12 hours |
| Fukai et al[74] | Rats | 30 minutes | NA | HMP: 3 hours; NMP (reperfusion): 90 minutes |
| Hughes et al[84] | Rats | 30 minutes | During MP priming | NMP: 4 hours |
| Bai et al[98] | Rats | 30 minutes | 8 hours | NMP: 2 hours |
| Von Horn et al[66] | Rats | 20 minutes | 18 hours | Rewarming MP: 2 hours; NMP: 1 hour |
| Li et al[87] | Rats | NA | NA | NMP: 3 hours |
- Citation: Bickaite-Bausiene K, Kvietkauskas M, Leber B, Bausys B, Brislinger D, Strupas K, Stiegler P. Small animal ex vivo machine perfusion of the liver: A comprehensive literature review. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(9): 111199
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