Background. Several studies have demonstrated that bone marrow contains a
subpopulation of stem cells capable of participating in the hepatic regenerative process,
even if some reports indicate quite a low level of liver repopulation by human stem cells in
the normal and transiently injured liver. Aims. In order to overcome the low engraftment
levels seen in previous models, we tried the direct intraperitoneal administration of human
cord blood stem cells, using a model of hepatic damage induced by allyl alcohol in …