Injectable liver: A novel approach using fibrin gel as a matrix for culture and intrahepatic transplantation of hepatocytes

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1718-1726

  Bruns, Helge ^a   Kneser, Ulrich ^b   Holzhüter, Stephanie ^a   Roth, Beate ^a   Kluth, Jantjeline ^a   Kaufmann, Peter M ^c   Kluth, Dietrich ^a   Fiegel, Henning C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GELS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

FIBRIN GEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 18; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; STELLATE CELL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; FIBRIN; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31044446126     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2005.11.1718     Document Type: Article

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