Formation of Porcine Hepatocyte Spheroids for use in a Bioartificial Liver

Xenogeneic hepatocytes have recently been used in a bioartificial liver device as a potential short-term extracorporeal support of acute liver failure. Scaling up the system requires large quantities of viable and highly active cells. Hepatocytes grown as spheroids manifest higher metabolic activiti...

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Main Authors: Arye Lazar, Madhusudan V. Peshwa, Florence J. Wu, Chung-Ming Chi, Frank B. Cerra, Wei-Shou Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 1995-05-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368979500400303