Hepatocyte growth factor and epidermal growth factor promote spheroid formation in polyurethane foam/hepatocyte culture and improve expression and maintenance of albumin production

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nakazawa, Kohji ^b   Kajiwara, Toshihisa ^a   Matsushita, Taku ^c   Funatsu, Kazumori ^a  

^a Grad Sch Eng   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

^c SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal cell culture engineering; Bioartificial organs; Cell engineering; Culture medium; Hepatocyte; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURATIVE EFFECTS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTES; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; PRE-CLINICAL; PRODUCTION RATES; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANES; ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; MAINTAINABILITY; PEPTIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 69349101827     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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