Generation of a functional liver tissue mimic using adipose stromal vascular fraction cell-derived vasculatures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nunes, S S ^a,b   Maijub, J G ^a   Krishnan, L ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, V M ^a   Clayton, L R ^a   Williams, S K ^a   Hoying, J B ^a   Boyd, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STROMA CELL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADIPOCYTES; BIOMIMETICS; BLOOD VESSELS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROCIRCULATION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84881336985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02141     Document Type: Article

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