Intrasplenic transplantation of encapsulated cells: A novel approach to cell therapy

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-561

  Aoki, Takeshi ^a   Umehara, Yutaka ^a   Ferraresso, Chiara ^a   Sugiyama, Nozomu ^a   Middleton, Yvette ^a   Avital, Itzhak ^a   Inderbitzin, Daniel ^a   Demetriou, Achilles A ^a   Rozga, Jacek ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell encapsulation; Cell therapy; Cell transplantation; Hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; CELL ANTIBODY; POLYLYSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036411688     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985549     Document Type: Article

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