Improvement of serum amino acid profile in hepatic failure with the bioartificial liver using multicellular hepatocyte spheroids

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 416-421

  Shiraha, Hidenori ^a   Koide, Norio ^a   Hada, Hajime ^a   Ujike, Kozo ^a   Nakamura, Masaki ^a   Shinji, Toshiyuki ^a   Gotoh, Sachiko ^a   Tsuji, Takao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

artificial liver; encapsulation; hollow fiber; liver; spheroids

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; ENCAPSULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PATIENT TREATMENT; PH;

ALBUMIN; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; HEPATIC FAILURE; HOLLOW FIBER CARTRIDGE; HUMAN HEPATOBLASTOMA CELL LINE; LIVER; LIVER SUPPORT SYSTEM; METHIONINE; MULTICELLULAR HEPATOCYTE SPHEROIDS; RAT HEPATOCYTES;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM;

EID: 15844431628     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960520)50:4<416::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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