Three-dimensional culture of hepatocytes in a continuously flowing medium

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 482-485

  Takeshita, Kazuyoshi ^a   Bowen, William C ^a   Michalopoulos, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Cytochrome P450; Hepatocyte; Hepatocyte growth medium (HGM); Proliferation; Three dimensional culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032431359     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0082-1     Document Type: Article

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