Table 1

Characteristics of donors and of liver cell preparations

DonorAgeSexCell yield1-aViability1-b
yr ×10−6cells %
162F18.393
263F28.891
356F26.588
470M25.093
541M17.883
662M14.097
761F17.585
833F20.893
961F18.688
1051M24.088
1158F23.897

  • ↵1-a Total number of viable hepatocytes obtained per gram of wet tissue.

  • ↵1-b Viability was assessed by the trypan blue exclusion test.