Practical and functional culture technologies for primary hepatocytes

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Grad Sch Eng   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal cell culture; Biomedical; Bioreactor; Hepatocyte; Immobilization; Liver tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARGININE-GLYCINE-ASPARTIC ACIDS; BLOOD PURIFICATION; CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS; CULTURE METHODS; CULTURE SYSTEMS; DRUG METABOLISMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HEPATOCYTE; HEPATOCYTE CULTURE; HEPATOCYTES; IMMOBILIZED CULTURE; LIVER TISSUE ENGINEERING; LIVER-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS; MACROPOROUS; PRIMARY HEPATOCYTES; RAT HEPATOCYTES;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 75349100577     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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