A new bioartificial liver using porcine hepatocyte spheroids in high- cell-density suspension perfusion culture: In vitro performance in synthesized culture medium and in 100% human plasma

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 531-541

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

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Human plasma; Porcine hepatocyte; Spheroid; Suspension culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032721185     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368979900800508     Document Type: Article

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