Quantitative comparison of rat hepatocyte functions in two improved culture systems with or without rat liver epithelial cell line

Cytotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Sakai, Yasuyuki ^a   Ichikawa, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Sakoda, Akiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Motoyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 hydroxycoumarin formation; 7 ethoxycoumarin reduction; albumin secretion; membrane supported collagen sandwich; rat hepatocyte; rat liver epithelial cell; spheroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030464530     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00365347     Document Type: Article

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