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World J Hepatol. Feb 27, 2021; 13(2): 187-217
Published online Feb 27, 2021. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v13.i2.187
Adult human liver slice cultures: Modelling of liver fibrosis and evaluation of new anti-fibrotic drugs
Daria Kartasheva-Ebertz, Jesintha Gaston, Loriane Lair-Mehiri, Pierre-Philippe Massault, Olivier Scatton, Jean-Christophe Vaillant, Vladimir Alexei Morozov, Stanislas Pol, Sylvie Lagaye
Daria Kartasheva-Ebertz, Jesintha Gaston, Loriane Lair-Mehiri, Stanislas Pol, Sylvie Lagaye, Institut Pasteur, Immunobiologie des Cellules Dendritiques, INSERM U1223, Paris 75015, France
Daria Kartasheva-Ebertz, Jesintha Gaston, Loriane Lair-Mehiri, BioSPC, Université de Paris, Paris 75005, France
Pierre-Philippe Massault, Service de Chirurgie digestive, Hépato-biliaire et Endocrinienne, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, Paris 75014, France
Olivier Scatton, Jean-Christophe Vaillant, Service de Chirurgie digestive et Hépato bilio pancréatique, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier La Pitié-Salpétrière, Medecine Sorbonne Université, Paris 75013, France
Vladimir Alexei Morozov, Center for HIV and Retrovirology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 13353, Germany
Stanislas Pol, Département d'Hépatologie, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, Université de Paris, Paris 75014, France
Author contributions: Kartasheva-Ebertz D, Gaston J, Lair-Mehiri L, Morozov VA, Pol S, and Lagaye S were responsible for the overall study design; Massault PP, Scatton O, Vaillant JC, and Pol S selected and contributed patients’ samples; Kartasheva-Ebertz D, Gaston J, Lair-Mehiri L, and Lagaye S performed experiments; Kartasheva-Ebertz D, Morozov VA, Pol S, and Lagaye S analyzed and interpreted the data; Kartasheva-Ebertz D, Morozov VA, Pol S, and Lagaye S contributed to the writing of the manuscript, discussed and refined the manuscript.
Supported by the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, France) and by Institut Pasteur (Paris, France); Daria Kartasheva-Ebertz received a PhD Fellowship from Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP, France).
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Corresponding author: Sylvie Lagaye, DSc, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institut Pasteur, Immunobiologie des Cellules Dendritiques, INSERM U1223, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, France. sylvie.lagaye@inserm.fr
Received: August 27, 2020
Peer-review started: August 26, 2020
First decision: October 21, 2020
Revised: November 4, 2020
Accepted: December 30, 2020
Article in press: December 30, 2020
Published online: February 27, 2021
Core Tip

Core Tip: In the developed world, about 45% of deaths are due to fibroproliferative diseases. Liver fibrosis is frequently associated with viral infection (Hepatitis C virus and Hepatitis B virus infection), chronic inflammation and excessive alcohol consumption. Despite the availability of effective antiviral drugs, morbidity, and mortality related to viral hepatitis are still increasing. Moreover, the number of non-viral liver diseases such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and alcoholic liver disease is steadily growing. Our studies provide the proof of concept that the three-dimensional ex vivo model of human liver slice culture can be used for the molecular investigation of fibrosis as well as to perform follow-up studies of new anti-fibrotic drugs and therapies for a 21-days period.