Differentiation of embryoid-body cells derived from embryonic stem cells into hepatocytes in alginate microbeads in vitro

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1924-1930

  Fang, Sheng ^a   Qiu, Yu Dong ^a   Mao, Liang ^a   Shi, Xiao Lei ^a   Yu, De Cai ^a   Ding, Yi Tao ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cell culture; Encapsulation; Hepatocytes; Stem cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOKERATIN 18; EDETIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; PREALBUMIN; TRYPSIN; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENCAPSULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEPATOCYTES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36649006876     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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