Monolayer and spheroid culture of human liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line cells demonstrate distinct global gene expression patterns and functional phenotypes

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-567

  Chang, Tammy T ^a,b   Hughes Fulford, Millie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MONOLAYERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3D STRUCTURE; ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN ORGANIZATION; ADHESION MOLECULES; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; CELL BIOLOGY; CELLULAR ORGANIZATION; CELLULAR RESPONSE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOSKELETAL; EX-VIVO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELL; HEPATOCYTE; HEPG2 CELLS; HUMAN LIVER; IN-VIVO; LIVER-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS; LONG-TERM CULTURE; MONOLAYER CELLS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ROTATING WALL VESSEL BIOREACTORS; STRESS FIBERS; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYNTHETIC GENES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); UP-REGULATION;

CELL CULTURE;

ACTIN; ALBUMIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; UPREGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR GENE;

ACTINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 64549117445     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2007.0434     Document Type: Article

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