Primary Human Hepatocyte Core Facility

The Primary Human Hepatocyte (PHH) Core Facility at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) provides research groups with freshly isolated hepatocytes from human liver tissue. The isolation of PHH is a standardized, technically complex procedure and PHH are only available in limited quantities. In addition to PHH, cell populations from non-parenchymal fractions and liver stem cells are available on request. However, the functionality of hepatocytes is rapidly lost in vitro and there is an urgent need for a scientific infrastructure focused on the generation of in vivo systems that allow infection studies and long-term evaluation of antiviral drugs.

 
Team

Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Splith