Table 2 –

Many qualities that make a donor organ unsuitable for whole organ transplantation may still be acceptable for cell harvest and transplantation.

Whole organ donor contraindication	Hepatocyte donor contraindication
Steatosis >50%	Absolute
Gross organ injury Vascular or biliary lesions	Evidence of infection (Hep B/C, HIV, HTLV syphilis)
Blood group incompatibility	Blood group incompatibility
Evidence of infection (Hep B/C, HIV, HTLV, syphilis)	Relative
History of malignancy	Steatosis >50%
Cold ischemia time >12 h	History of malignancy Cold ischemia time >12 h Elderly donors

Hep B/C = hepatitis B or C; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; HTLV = human T-cell lymphotropic virus.