Development of a new bioartificial liver module filled with porcine hepatocytes immobilized on non-woven fabric

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Naruse, K ^a   Sakai, Y ^b   Nagashima, I ^a   Jiang, G X ^a   Suzuki, M ^b   Muto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Bioartificial liver; Hepatocyte spheroids; Non woven fabric module; Porcine hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

RADIAL FLOW; WEAVING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CULTURE VESSEL; HEPATOCYTE/SPHEROID; HEPATOCYTES; NON-WOVEN; NON-WOVEN FABRIC; NON-WOVEN FABRIC MODULE; PORCINE HEPATOCYTE; SUSPENSION CULTURES;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

POLYESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INOCULATION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; SPHEROID CELL; SWINE; TEXTILE;

EID: 0029683064     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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