Decellularization and recellularization of whole Livers

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Uygun, Basak E ^a   Price, Gavrielle ^a   Saeidi, Nima ^a   Izamis, Maria Louisa ^a   Berendsen, Tim ^a   Yarmush, Martin ^a   Uygun, Korkut ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Bioreactor; Decellularization; Hepatocytes; Issue 48; Liver extracellular matrix; Recellularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355132888     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2394     Document Type: Article

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