Low-shear modelled microgravity environment maintains morphology and differentiated functionality of primary porcine hepatocyte cultures

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-140

  Nelson, Leonard J ^a   Walker, Simon W ^b   Hayes, Peter C ^a   Plevris, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Integrin; Low fluid shear; Microgravity; Morphology, functional; Polarity; Three dimensional hepatocyte culture; Three dimensional liver cultures; Ultrastructure electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LIVER CELL; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SWINE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTES; INTEGRIN ALPHA5BETA1; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SWINE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 77954476804     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000308893     Document Type: Article

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