In vitro test to determine the effect of cytostatic drugs on co-cultured rat hepatocytes and hepatoma cells

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-115

  El Mir, Mohamad Y ^a   Serrano, Maria A ^a   Macias, Rocio I R ^a   Dominguez, Maria F ^a   Monte, Maria J ^a   Marin, Jose J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Cholylglycine; Neutral red; Tetrazolium; Tumour; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORESCEIN; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; CISPLATIN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLUORESCEINS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031981482     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1998.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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