Research Article

The Effects of Conditioned Medium Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with Hepatocytes on Damaged Hepatocytes and Acute Liver Failure in Rats

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Therapeutic potential of MSC-H-CM for D-galactosamine-induced ALF in rats. (a) and (b) AST and ALT levels (a) release levels and total bilirubin (b) in peripheral blood samples collected 72 hours after the first administration of each type of CM (, , and ). (c–g) Histopathological recovery from D-galactosamine-induced ALF after treatment with each CM. Hematoxylin and eosin staining revealed massive necrosis and hepatic lobule damage in the rat liver after 24 hours of D-galactosamine administration (c). Cell necrosis was completely suppressed in the livers of rat treated with H-CM (d), MSC-CM (e), MSC-H-CM (f), and MSC-CM + H-CM (g) at 7 days after CM injection, compared with those treated with NCM (h). Bar = 50 μm.
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