Cryopreserved precision-cut rat liver slices: Morphology and cytochrome P450 isoforms expression after prolonged incubation

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-758

  Lupp, A ^a   Glockner R ^a   Danz, M ^a   Muller D ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Naphthoflavone; Cryopreserved; Cytochrome P450; Dexamethasone; Glycogen; Histology; Liver slices; Phenobarbital; Precision cut; Pregnenolone 16 Carbonitrile

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA CYANOPREGNENOLONE; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A2; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOGEN; ISOPROTEIN; PHENOBARBITAL; ISOENZYME; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SLICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYMOLOGY; INCUBATOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATORS; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0036890447     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(02)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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