Purification of rat hepatic stellate cells by side scatter-activated cell sorting

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 590-598

  Geerts, Albert ^a   Niki, Toshiro ^a   Hellemans, Karine ^a   De Craemer, Dirk ^a   Van Den Berg, Kit ^a   Lazou, Jean Marc ^a   Stange, Geert ^a   Van De Winkel, Marnix ^a   De Bleser, Pieter ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; FUCOSE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAMININ; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SORTER; CELL VIABILITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031892819     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270238     Document Type: Article

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