Microfluidic platforms for hepatocyte cell culture: New technologies and applications

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1244-1254

  Goral, Vasiliy N ^a   Yuen, Po Ki ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

3D cell culture; Drug discovery; In vivo like cell culture; Liver toxicity; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

3-D CELL CULTURE; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HEPATOCYTES; IN-VIVO; KEY ELEMENTS; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; PERFUSION;

DESIGN; MICROFLUIDICS;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84862146642     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0453-8     Document Type: Article

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