Development of hepatocyte-embedded hydrogel-filled macroporous scaffold cultures using transglutaminase

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Hou, Yung Te ^a   Takei, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal cell culture; Biomedical; Immobilization; Liver tissue engineering; Tissue cell culture; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL; IMMOBILIZATION; LIVER TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE CELL CULTURE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

ANIMALS; BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; GELS; HYDROGELS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN GEL; GELATIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GELATION; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCALE UP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 77957959118     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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