Polyurethane membrane as an efficient immobilization carrier for high-density culture of rat hepatocytes in the fixed-bed reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-166

  Kurosawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yasumoto, Kouichirou ^a   Kimura, Tetsuhiro ^a   Amano, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Hepatocyte; High density culture; Polyurethane scaffolds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYURETHANES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PROTEINS;

FIXED-BED REACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

ALBUMIN; NITROGEN; POLYURETHAN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034693463     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20001020)70:2<160::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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