Isolation and primary culture of rat Kupffer cells

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 843-845

  Olynyk, John K ^a,b   Clarke, Sharon L ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University Department of Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Isolation and purification; Kupffer cell; Liver; Methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; KUPFFER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031830884     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00746.x     Document Type: Article

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