Alginate/galactosylated chitosan/heparin scaffold as a new synthetic extracellular matrix for hepatocytes

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-44

  Seo, Seog Jin ^a   Choi, Yun Jaie ^a   Akaike, Toshihiro ^b   Higuchi, Akon ^c   Cho, Chong Su ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGELS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALBUMIN SECRETION RATES; HEPATOCYTE MONOCULTURE; SPHEROIDS;

CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; AMMONIA; CHITOSAN; CONNEXIN 32; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GALACTOSE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPARIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GALACTOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATION; HEPARIN; HEPATOCYTES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NIH 3T3 CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644894164     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.33     Document Type: Article

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