Sodium alginate as a scaffold material for hepatic tissue engineering

Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-257

  Wang, W J ^a   Wang, X H ^a   Feng, Q L ^a   Cui, F Z ^a   Xu, Y X ^b   Song, X H ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cell attachment; Cell proliferation; Cytocompatibility; Hepatic tissue engineering; Hepatocyte; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS; SCAFFOLDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

HEPATOCYTES;

TISSUE;

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141925953     PISSN: 08839115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088391103036044     Document Type: Article

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