Layered patterning of hepatocytes in co-culture systems using microfabricated stencils

BioTechniques

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Cho, Cheul H ^a,b   Park, Jaesung ^a,c   Tilles, Arno W ^a   Berthiaume, François ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^a   Yarmush, Martin L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular interactions; Co culture; Fibroblasts; Hepatocytes; Layered cell patterning

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIMETICONE; UVOMORULIN; BAYSILON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77449160201     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113317     Document Type: Article

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