Enhanced liver progenitor cell survival and differentiation in vivo by spheroid implantation in a vascularized tissue engineering chamber

Kiryu K Yap; Aaron M Dingle; Jason A Palmer; Raminder S Dhillon; Zerina Lokmic; Anthony J Penington; George C Yeoh; Wayne A Morrison; Geraldine M Mitchell

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Enhanced liver progenitor cell survival and differentiation in vivo by spheroid implantation in a vascularized tissue engineering chamber

Kiryu K Yap, Aaron M Dingle, Jason A Palmer, Raminder S Dhillon, Zerina Lokmic, Anthony J Penington, George C Yeoh, Wayne A Morrison, Geraldine M Mitchell

BIOMATERIALS | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.02.011

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Anthony Penington Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Zerina Tomkins Author Nursing

Kiryu Yap Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

Geraldine Mitchell Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Research Endowment Fund, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Project Grant 1023187), and the Victorian State Government's Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.