Hyaluronan-supplemented buffers preserve adhesion mechanisms facilitating cryopreservation of human hepatic stem/progenitor cells

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2257-2266

  Turner, Rachael A ^a   Mendel, Gemma ^a   Wauthier, Eliane ^a   Barbier, Claire ^a   Reid, Lola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Human hepatic stem cells (hHpSCs); Hyaluronans (HA); Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; CD44V ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FETUS; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HEPATIC STEM CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

BUFFERS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84870406755     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368912X637000     Document Type: Article

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