Cell-cell interactions are essential for maintenance of hepatocyte function in collagen gel but not on matrigel

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 706-711

  Moghe, Prabhas V ^a,b   Coger, Robin N ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^a   Yarmush, Martin L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cell seeding density; Collagen sandwich; Hepatocytes; Matrigel

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN;

ALBUMIN; HEPATOCYTES; MATRIGEL;

CELLS;

ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN GEL; MATRIGEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

EID: 0342437102     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19971220)56:6<706::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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