In-vitro characterization of serially expanded porcine oesophageal epithelial cells in feeder layer-free culture system for tissue engineering application

• Main Author: Thi, Thi Sein.
• Other Authors: Chian Kerm Sin
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Tissue engineering; DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18684
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The objectives of the study are to isolate and serially expand the porcine oesophageal epithelial cells (PEECs) in serum-free, feeder layer-free culture system, to monitor the growth kinetics in in-vitro cultures and to characterize the stem-like nature, proliferative and differentiation potentia...