Application of cryopreserved precision-cut liver slices in pharmacotoxicology - Principles, literature data and own investigations with special reference to CYP1A1-mRNA induction

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 440-449

  Glockner R ^a   Steinmetzer, P ^a   Drobner, C ^a   Muller D ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta naphthoflavone; Cryopreservation, liver slices; CYP1A1 mRNA; Cytochrome P450; DMSO; Liver slices, cryopreservation; Liver slices, precision cut; Precision cut liver slices

Indexed keywords

BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031654545     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-2993(98)80031-6     Document Type: Article

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