Alternative model to human skin organ culture: A preliminary study with Leibovitz L15 medium

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Ribeiro, Cláudio De Jesus ^a   Ohara, Mitsuko Taba ^a   Gama, Patrícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human skin; Leibovitz L15 medium; Melanin; Melanocytes; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

'CURRENT; EPIDERMAL LAYERS; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; HUMAN SKIN; KERATINOCYTES; LEIBOVITZ L15 MEDIUM; MELANOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; RETINOIC ACIDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

MELANIN;

KI 67 ANTIGEN; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIBOVITZ L15 MEDIUM; MELANOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN CULTURE;

BOVINAE; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 18544362335     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20153     Document Type: Article

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