Expression of organ-specific structures and functions in long-term cultures of aggregates from adult rat liver cells

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Juillerat, M ^a   Marceau, N ^c   Coeytaux, S ^a   Sierra, F ^a,b   Kolodziejczyk, E ^c   Guigoz, Y ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vers chez les Blanc ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; 7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN DEETHYLASE; AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1254; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030941367     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(96)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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