Transplantation of hepatocytes cultured on hydroxyapatite into Nagase analbuminemia rats

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-85

  Higashiyama, Shinji ^a   Noda, Megumi ^a   Muraoka, Satoko ^a   Hirose, Motohiro ^b   Ohgushi, Hajime ^b   Kawase, Masaya ^a   Yagi, Kiyohito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cell transplantation; Hepatocytes; Hydroxyapatite; Nagase analbuminemic rat

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

HEPATOCYTES;

CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041418073     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.96.83     Document Type: Article

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