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Published on: August 20, 2021
Rapid production of engineered human primary hepatocyte/fibroblast sheets
Yusuke Sakai1, Makiko Koike1, Akihiko Soyama1
1Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
This data article contains data related to the research article entitled "Vascularized subcutaneous human liver tissue from engineered hepatocyte/fibroblast sheets in mice," published in Biomaterials[1]. Engineered hepatocyte/fibroblast sheets (EHFSs) are used for construction of vascularized subcutaneous liver tissue without a pre-transplant vascularization procedures. Here, we described a rapid production technique of EHFSs by controlling fibroblast density and coating fetal bovine serum (FBS) onto temperature-responsive culture dishes (TRCDs). The human fibroblast monolayer formed on FBS-coated TRCDs within 1 h when seeded at a high density (at least 1.56×10(5) cells/cm(2)). The most rapid EHFS production was achieved soon after the adhesion of human primary hepatocytes onto the fibroblast layer.

