Time-related analysis of metabolic liver functions, cellular morphology, and gene expression of hepatocytes cultured in the bioartificial liver of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam (AMC-BAL)

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1235-1246

  Poyck, Paul P C ^a   Hoekstra, Ruurdtje ^a   Chhatta, Aniska ^a   Ten Bloemendaal, Lysbeth ^a   Van Wijk, Albert C W A ^a   Galavotti, Daniele ^b   Van Gulik, Thomas M ^a   Chamuleau, Robert A F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RanD Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL LIVERS; HEPATOCYTES; MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID (MRNA); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; RNA;

CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BAX PROTEIN ALPHA; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A29; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOXIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; NETHERLANDS; PROTEOME; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34250804339     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.0343     Document Type: Article

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