Maintenance of hepatocyte functions by coculture with bone marrow stromal cells

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 343-346

  Isoda, Katsuhiro ^a   Kojima, Midori ^a   Takeda, Masashi ^a   Higashiyama, Shinji ^a   Kawase, Masaya ^a   Yagi, Kiyohito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin secretion; Bone marrow stromal cell; Hepatocyte; Interleukin 6; Urea synthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE; CELLS; MONOLAYERS; UREA;

ALBUMIN SECRETION; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS (BMSCS);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALBUMIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MONOCULTURE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STROMA CELL; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942536498     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(04)70217-0     Document Type: Review

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