title: Xenotransplantation of isolated encapsulated porcine hepatocytes in the treatment of a highly fulminant hepatic failure model.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Quirúrgica, Escuela de Medicina J.M. Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rivas-Vetencourt
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sorio
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Quero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vegas
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zerpa
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates; D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers; D002214:Capsules; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D005688:Galactosamine; D006085:Graft Survival; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011107:Polylysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015996:Survival Rate; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D001704:Biopolymers; D002214:Capsules; C051546:alginate-polylysine-alginate; D011107:Polylysine; D005688:Galactosamine