Functional three-dimensional HepG2 aggregate cultures generated from an ultrasound trap: Comparison with HepG2 spheroids

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1180-1189

  Liu, Jian ^a   Kuznetsova, Larisa A ^b   Edwards, Gareth O ^b   Xu, Jinsheng ^a   Ma, Mingwen ^a   Purcell, Wendy M ^c   Jackson, Simon K ^a   Coakley, W Terence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D culture; Albumin; F actin; HepG2; P450 1A1; Proliferation; USWT

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; F ACTIN; POLYMACON;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; ULTRASOUND;

ACTINS; ALBUMINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; GELS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 36849072481     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21345     Document Type: Article

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