Human galactosylated membrane bioreactor for the long-term maintenance of liver specific functions

Desalination

Volumn 199, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 147-149

  De Bartolo, Loredana ^a   Morelli, Sabrina ^a   Lopez, Linda C ^b   Giorno, Lidietta ^a   Barbieri, Giuseppe ^a   Salerno, Simona ^a   Rende, Maria ^a   Curcio, Efrem ^c   Procino, Alfredo ^d   Favia, Pietro ^b   Memoli, Bruno ^d   Andreucci, Vittorio E ^d   d'Agostino, Riccardo ^d   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ON MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; MAINTENANCE; MEMBRANE;

EID: 33746745258     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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3. De Bartolo L., Morelli S., Lopez L., Giorno L., Campana C., Salerno S., Rende M., Favia P., Detomaso L., Gristina R., d'Agostino R., and Drioli E. Biotransformation and liver specific functions of human hepatocytes in culture on RGD-immobilised plasma-processed membranes. Biomaterials 26 (2005) 4432-4441
4. L. De Bartolo, S. Salerno, L. Giorno, S. Morelli, G. Barbieri, E.Curcio, M. Rende and E. Drioli, Membrane bioreactor using pig hepatocytes for in vitro evaluation of antinflammatory drugs, Catalysis Today, accepted for publication.