Roles of spheroid formation of hepatocytes in liver tissue engineering

International Journal of Stem Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Jiang, Hu Lin ^a   Kim, You Kyoung ^a   Cho, Ki Hyun ^b   Jang, Young Chul ^b   Choi, Yun Jaie ^a   Chung, Jong Hoon ^c   Cho, Chong Su ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Hepatocyte; Liver function; Spheroid; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051554139     PISSN: 20053606     EISSN: 20055447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15283/ijsc.2010.3.2.69     Document Type: Article

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