A method for the effective formation of hepatocyte spheroids using a biodegradable polymer nanosphere

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-275

  Gwak, So Jung ^a   Choi, Dongho ^b   Paik, Seung Sam ^a   Cho, Seung Woo ^c   Kim, Sang Soo ^c   Choi, Cha Yong ^c   Kim, Byung Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte; Poly(lactide co glycolide) nanosphere; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEINS; RNA;

CELL VIABILITY; HEPATOCYTE; POLY(LACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE) NANOSPHERE; SPHEROIDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALBUMIN; MESSENGER RNA; NANOPARTICLE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MITOCHONDRION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPHEROID CELL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33745933652     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30687     Document Type: Article

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