Novel alternative transplantation therapy for orthotopic liver transplantation in liver failure: A systematic review
Tomoaki Furuta, Kinji Furuya, Yun-Wen Zheng, Tatsuya Oda, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi 305-8575, Ibaraki, Japan
Yun-Wen Zheng, Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212001, Jiangsu Province, China
Yun-Wen Zheng, Department of Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Yun-Wen Zheng, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
Author contributions: Furuta T conceptualized and designed the review together with Furuya K and Zheng YW; Furuta T and Furuya K carried out the analysis; Furuta T drafted the initial manuscript; all authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript as submitted; Furuta T and Furuya K contributed equally to the work; Zheng YW and Oda T are senior authors.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81770621; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, KAKENHI, No. 18H02866; and Japan Science and Technology Agency-Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JST-JICA) Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Project, No. JPMJSA1506.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no relevant conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Yun-Wen Zheng, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba-shi 305-8575, Ibaraki, Japan. ywzheng@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
Received: December 4, 2019
Peer-review started: December 4, 2019
First decision: December 12, 2019
Revised: February 10, 2020
Accepted: March 23, 2020
Article in press: March 23, 2020
Published online: March 31, 2020
