Microencapsulation of engineered cells to deliver sustained high circulating levels of interleukin-6 to study hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 785-798

  Moran, Diarmuid M ^a   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^b   Jablonski, Elizabeth M ^a   Cahill, Paul A ^c   Halberstad, Craig R ^d   McKillop, Iain H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell encapsulation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interleukin 6; Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT)

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYTOKINE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERLEUKIN 6; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846254588     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000006783981477     Document Type: Article

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