Short-term hypothermic preservation of porcine hepatocyte spheroids using UW solution

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-511

  Sakai, Yasuyuki ^a   Naruse, Katsutoshi ^b   Nagashima, Ikuo ^b   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^b   Suzuki, Motoyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Porcine hepatocyte; Preservation; Spheroid; UW solution

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030003926     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(95)02051-9     Document Type: Article

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