Use of precision-cut liver slices as an in vitro tool for evaluating liver function

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-61

  Gandolfi, A Jay ^a,b   Wijeweera, Jayanthika ^a   Brendel, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; culture, slices; in vitro toxicology; slice incubation; slicers; stress proteins; viability, slices

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SLICE; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030040944     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339602400108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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