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Alongside its clinical uses, there has been expanding interest in extended normothermic machine perfusion (eNMP) of livers as a potential vehicle for medical research. Reproducible extended normothermic machine perfusion has remained elusive due to its increased complexity and monitoring requirements. We set out to develop a reproducible protocol for the extended normothermic machine perfusion of whole human livers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Human livers declined for transplantation were perfused using a blood-based perfusate at 36\u2009\u00b0C using the Liver Assist device (XVIVO, Sweden), with continuous veno-venous haemofiltration in-parallel. We developed the protocol in a stepwise fashion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Perfusion techniques utilised included: targeted physiological vascular flows, phosphate replacement (to prevent hypophosphataemia), N-acetylcysteine (to prevent methaemoglobin accumulation), and the utilisation of sodium lactate as both a nutritional source and real-time measure of hepatocyte function. All five human livers perfused with the developed protocol showed preserved function with a median perfusion time of 168\u2009h (range 120\u2013184\u2009h), with preserved viability throughout.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Livers can be reproducibly perfused in excess of 120 (range 121\u2013184) hours with evidence of preserved hepatocyte and cholangiocyte function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1038\/s43856-024-00636-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,24]],"date-time":"2024-10-24T09:02:29Z","timestamp":1729760549000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A reproducible extended ex-vivo normothermic machine liver perfusion protocol utilising improved nutrition and targeted vascular flows"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"George","family":"Clarke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7467-8461","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jingwen","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angus","family":"Hann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yiyu","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amita","family":"Gupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anisa","family":"Nutu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erwin","family":"Buckel Schaffner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8122-3139","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kayani","family":"Kayani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8074-1447","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicholas","family":"Murphy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5039-5184","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mansoor N.","family":"Bangash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna L.","family":"Casey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isla","family":"Wootton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander J.","family":"Lawson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bobby V. 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