Improvement of metabolic performance of hepatocytes cultured in vitro in a packed-bed reactor for use as a bioartificial liver

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Yanagi, Kennichi ^a,b   Miyoshi, Hirotoshi ^a   Ohshima, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; OXYGENATORS; VINYL RESINS;

PACKED-BED REACTORS; POLYVINYL FORMAL RESINS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REACTOR;

EID: 0032170461     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199809000-00022     Document Type: Article

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