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Article Dans Une Revue Transplantation Proceedings Année : 2007

Culture of C3A Cells in Alginate Beads for Fluidized Bed Bioartificial Liver.

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Extracorporeal bioartificial liver has been designed to sustain the detoxification and synthetic function of the failed liver in patients suffering from acute liver failure until the time of liver allotransplantation or regeneration of their own. A fluidized bed, bioartificial liver improves the mass transfer velocity between the medium and the hepatocytes. Detoxification functions of the liver could be replaced by completely artificial systems, but the synthetic functions of hepatocytes may be obtained only by metabolically active cells. The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of C3A cell culture in alginate beads on synthetic function in a fluidized bed, bioartificial liver. Cells in alginate beads were prepared using an electrostatic droplet generator of our own design using low-viscosity alginate. Beads were cultured for 24 hours then 7 days in static conditions and then 24 hours of fluidization in the bioreactor to assess albumin production. We observed significantly increased albumin production by C3A cells entrapped in alginate beads during static culture. Fluidization increased albumin production compared with static culture. Fluidization performed after 7 days of static culture resulted in a significant increase in albumin synthesis. In conclusion, static culture of alginate beads hosting hepatic cells facilitates restoration of cell function.

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hal-00282673 , version 1 (28-05-2008)

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A. Kinasiewicz, A. Gautier, D. Lewinska, J. Bukowski, C. Legallais, et al.. Culture of C3A Cells in Alginate Beads for Fluidized Bed Bioartificial Liver.. Transplantation Proceedings, 2007, 39 (9), pp.2911-2913. ⟨10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.062⟩. ⟨hal-00282673⟩
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