Culture and characterization of human hepatocytes obtained after graft reduction for liver transplantation: A reliable source of cells for a bioartificial liver

Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 676-682

  Barbich, Mariana ^a   Lorenti, Alicia ^a   Hidalgo, Alejandra ^a   Ielpi, Marcelo ^a   De Santibáñez, Martín ^a   De Santibáñez, Eduardo ^a   Morales, Vanina ^a   Marín, María C ^a   Callero, Maria F ^a   Argibay, Pablo F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Albumin synthesis; Bioartificial liver; Graft reduction; Human hepatocytes; Primary culture; Urea production

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; UREA;

% REDUCTIONS; ALBUMIN SYNTHESIS; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; GRAFT REDUCTION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMAN HEPATOCYTES; MEDIAN VALUE; PEAK VALUES; PRIMARY CULTURE; UREA PRODUCTION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ALBUMIN; ALPHA ACTIN; BILE PIGMENT; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CHLORDANE; COLLAGENASE; CYTOKERATIN 19;

ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CANNULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYNTHESIS; UREA CYCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 3042725344     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.07301.x     Document Type: Article

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