Alginate microencapsulated hepatocytes optimised for transplantation in acute liver failure.

Intraperitoneal transplantation of alginate-microencapsulated human hepatocytes is an attractive option for the management of acute liver failure (ALF) providing short-term support to allow native liver regeneration. The main aim of this study was to establish an optimised protocol for production of...

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Main Authors: Suttiruk Jitraruch, Anil Dhawan, Robin D Hughes, Celine Filippi, Daniel Soong, Christina Philippeos, Sharon C Lehec, Nigel D Heaton, Maria S Longhi, Ragai R Mitry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4249959?pdf=render