Functional 3D Human Primary Hepatocyte Spheroids Made by Co-Culturing Hepatocytes from Partial Hepatectomy Specimens and Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  No, Da Yoon ^a   Lee, Seung A ^a   Choi, Yoon Young ^a   Park, DoYeun ^a   Jang, Ju Yun ^b   Kim, Dong Sik ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Johnson, Rajasingh ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Sein Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYTOCHROME P450; UREA;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPHEROID CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84870954967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050723     Document Type: Article

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