Evaluation of a novel choanoid fluidized bed bioreactor for future bioartificial livers

Figure 4 Secretion of albumin from encapsulated hepatocytes in medium (n = 5). The levels are given as μg/L (mean ± SD), (gray bar) encapsulated in alginate/chitosan (AC) microcapsules in static conditions; (white bar) encapsulated in AC microcapsules and placed in the choanoid-fluidized bed bioreactor. Student’s t test (^aP < 0.05, 4 h vs 6 h in Static; ^bP < 0.01, 4 h vs 6 h in Fluidized; ^dP < 0.01, 4 h vs 12 h in Static; ^eP < 0.05, 6 h vs 12 h in Fluidized; ^hP < 0.01, Static at 6 h vs Fluidized at 6 h; ⁱP < 0.05, Static at 12 h vs Fluidized at 12 h). NS: Not significant.