Quantitative evaluation of long-term liver repopulation and the reconstitution of bile ductules after hepatocellular transplantation

Figure 3 Schematic diagram of long-term repopulation after HTx. Different cell populations may be required for different phases of liver regeneration/repopulation. The solid lines express the repopulation of donor-derived cells in the liver and the broken lines are the repopulation from the possible contributors. This assumes a heterogeneous population of transplanted hepatocytes. HTx: hepatocellular transplantation.