Loofa sponge as a scaffold for the culture of human hepatocyte cell line

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 522-527

  Chen, Jyh Ping ^a   Yu, Sheng Chun ^b   Hsu, Brend Ray Sea ^c   Fu, Shin Huei ^c   Liu, Hwai Shen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FOAMS; PACKED BEDS; POLYURETHANES; PROTEINS;

LOOFA SPONGE; PACKED BED REACTORS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMINS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRUIT; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; LUFFA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; LUFFA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0037357737     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp025720j     Document Type: Article

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