In vivo uptake of lecithin-coated polystyrene beads by rat hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Kanai, Miharu ^a   Murata, Yoshio ^b   Mabuchi, Yoshio ^a   Kawahashi, Nobuo ^c   Tanaka, Mitsuru ^b   Ogawa, Takayoshi ^a   Doi, Michio ^a   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Synthetic Rubber Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells; Hepatocytes; In vivo uptake; Kupffer cells; Lecithin; Rat

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; KUPFFER CELLS; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; POLYSTYRENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030033808     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199602)244:2<175::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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