Long-term viability and proliferation of alginate-encapsulated 3-D HepG2 aggregates formed in an ultrasound trap

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1321-1331

  Bazou, D ^a   Coakley, W T ^a   Hayes, A J ^a   Jackson, S K ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

2 3 D cell aggregate; Alginate; F actin; Proliferation; Ultrasound trap; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL VIABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; GELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL; MICROCAPSULE; ULTRASOUND;

ACTINS; ALBUMINS; ALGINATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; ULTRASONICS;

DISCOIDAE;

EID: 44749085445     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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