Recipient-Derived Hepatocytes in Sex-Mismatched Liver Allografts after Liver Transplantation: Early versus Late Transplant Biopsies

Abstract

Some hepatocytes of sex-mismatched liver grafts were replaced by "recipient-derived cells" during injury. Such repopulation is more common in the early liver-graft biopsies. The severity of acute cellular rejection appears to have no effect on the rate of recipient-derived repopulation.