Liver tissue engineering: Recent advances in the development of a bio-artificial liver

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-438

  Lee, Jung Seung ^a   Cho, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Growth factor delivery; Hepatocytes; Liver tissue engineering; Scaffolds; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS; CELL SOURCES; GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY; HEPATIC FUNCTION; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TISSUE; LIVER TISSUE ENGINEERING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMATERIALS; HYDROGELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALGINIC ACID; CHITOSAN; DECELLULARIZED LIVER MATRIX; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SCATTER FACTOR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864671791     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: 19763816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-012-0047-9     Document Type: Review

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