A simple method for the simultaneous isolation of stellate cells and hepatocytes from rat liver tissue

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Riccalton Banks, Lisa ^a   Bhandari, Rena ^a   Fry, Jeffrey ^b   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Hepatic stellate cells; Hepatocytes; Isolation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; ITO CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; COLLAGENASES; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038303500     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024184826728     Document Type: Article

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