Three-dimensional in vitro cell culture leads to a marked upregulation of cell function in human hepatocyte cell lines: An important tool for the development of a bioartificial liver machine

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 875, Issue , 1999, Pages 353-363

  Selden, Clare ^a,b   Shariat, Ali ^a   McCloskey, Paschal ^a   Ryder, Tim ^a   Roberts, Eve ^a   Hodgson, Humphrey ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; FIBRINOGEN; UREA;

ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0032805046     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08517.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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