Immortalized human hepatocytes as a tool for the study of hepatocytic (de-)differentiation

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 375-386

  Schippers, I J ^a   Moshage, H ^a   Roelofsen, H ^a   Muller M ^a   Heymans, H S A ^a   Ruiters, M ^a   Kuipers, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bile salts; Cell culture; Immortalization; Lipoproteins; Liver; Plasma proteins; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MODEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SIMIAN VIRUS;

BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PLASMIDS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSFECTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0030848684     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007404028681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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