Role of biomaterials, therapeutic molecules and cells for hepatic tissue engineering

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 742-752

  Vasanthan, Kirthanashri Srinivasan ^a   Subramanian, Anuradha ^a   Krishnan, Uma Maheswari ^a   Sethuraman, Swaminathan ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Galactose; Growth factor; Hepatocytes; Scaffold; Trans differentiation

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GALACTOSE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTES; TRANS-DIFFERENTIATION;

ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOENGINEERING; CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS; MATRIX; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; STABILIZATION;

CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84857499942     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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