Development of a hybrid artificial liver using polyurethane foam/hepatocyte spheroid culture in a preclinical pig experiment

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Nakazawa, K ^a   Ijima, H ^a   Fukuda, J ^a   Sakiyama, R ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Shimada, M ^a   Shirabe, K ^a   Tsujita, E ^a   Sugimachi, K ^a   Funatsu, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal circulation; Hybrid artificial liver; Pig; Polyurethane foam; Porcine hepatocyte; Preclinical study; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD; GLUCOSE; MAMMALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POLYURETHANES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

ARTIFICIAL LIVER; ARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HYBRID ARTIFICIAL LIVER; PIG; POLYURETHANE FOAM; PORCINE HEPATOCYTE; PRECLINICAL STUDIES; SPHEROID;

PACKED BEDS;

AMMONIA; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL AGGREGATION; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; HEPATIC COMA; ION EXCHANGE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; SPHEROID CELL; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0036119455     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880202500109     Document Type: Article

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