Cryopreservation of Alginate-Encapsulated Recombinant Cells for Antiangiogenic Therapy

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Stensvaag, V ^a   Furmanek, T ^a   Lonning K ^b   Terzis, A J A ^c   Bjerkvig, Rolf ^a,b   Visted, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Alginate encapsulation; Antiangiogenic therapy; Cryopreservation; Endostatin; Recombinant cells

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOSTATIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 1342331059     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000004772664879     Document Type: Article

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