Effects of medium composition on the morphology and function of rat hepatocytes cultured as spheroids and monolayers

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 656-667

  Hamilton, Geraldine ^a   Westmoreland, Carl ^b   George, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture models; Dedifferentiation; Liver; Long term culture

Indexed keywords

7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN; ALBUMIN; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035662001     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/1071-2690(2001)037<0656:EOMCOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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