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ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2012

Bifunctional polyethersulfone hollow fiber with a porous, single-layer skin for use as a bioartificial liver bioreactor.

Shichang Zhang, Tao Liu, Li Chen, Mingliang Ren, Bo Zhang, Zhengguo Wang, Yingjie Wang

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Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Functional polyethersulfone particles for the removal of bilirubin.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2016
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7 authors.

Shichang ZhangInstitute of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Tao Liu
Li Chen
Mingliang Ren
Bo Zhang
Zhengguo Wang
Yingjie Wang

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A bioartificial liver bioreactor requires a bifunctional hollow fiber that is hemocompatible on one side and cytocompatible on the other side. In this study, we developed a single-layer skin polyethersulfone (PES) hollow fiber with smooth inner surface and rough/porous outer surface for an artificial liver bioreactor. The hemocompatibility of the inner surface was evaluated by hemolysis, complement activation and clotting time. The cytocompatibility of the outer surface with HepG2 cells was examined by morphology, proliferation and liver-specific functions. The inner surface of the PES hollow fiber exhibited lower hemolysis and complement activation than cellulose acetate (CA) hollow fiber and a prolonged blood coagulation time. HepG2 cells readily adhered to the outer surfaces of the PES hollow fibers, and proliferated to form multicellular aggregates with time. Furthermore, HepG2 cells cultured on the outer surface of the PES hollow fiber exhibited higher proliferation ability and liver-specific functions than those grown on the CA hollow fiber. These results suggest that the single-layer skin PES hollow fiber is a bifunctional hollow fiber with good hemocompatibility on the inner side and cytocompatibility on the outer side. Thus, porous and single-layer skin PES hollow fibers may have potential as materials for an artificial liver bioreactor.

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BioreactorsLiver, ArtificialSkin, ArtificialCell LineCell ProliferationHepatocytesHumansPolymersPorosityProsthesis DesignSulfonespolyether sulfonePolymersSulfones

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