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SUBMITTER: Komori J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3469750 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Komori Junji J Boone Lindsey L DeWard Aaron A Hoppo Toshitaka T Lagasse Eric E
Nature biotechnology 20120923 10
Cell-based therapy has been viewed as a promising alternative to organ transplantation, but cell transplantation aimed at organ repair is not always possible. Here we show that the mouse lymph node can support the engraftment and growth of healthy cells from multiple tissues. Direct injection of hepatocytes into a single mouse lymph node generated enough ectopic liver mass to rescue the survival of mice with lethal metabolic disease. Furthermore, thymuses transplanted into single lymph nodes of ...[more]