Improved survival of fulminant liver failure by transplantation of microencapsulated cryopreserved porcine hepatocytes in mice

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Mei, Jie ^a,b   Sgroi, Antonino ^a   Mai, Gang ^a,c   Baertschiger, Reto ^a   Gonelle Gispert, Carmen ^a   Serre Beinier, Véronique ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a   Bühler, Leo H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Encapsulation; Fulminant liver failure; Hepatocyte transplantation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SWINE; UREA CYCLE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

MUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 66849132423     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788237168     Document Type: Article

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