Evaluation of a Flat Membrane Hepatocyte Bioreactor for Pharmacotoxicological Applications: Evidence that Inhibition of Spontaneously Produced Nitric Oxide Improves Cell Functionality

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-35

  Canová, Nikolina ^a   Kmoníčková, Eva ^a   Lincová, Dagmar ^a   Vítek, Libor ^a   Farghali, Hassan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Flat membrane bioreactor; Nitric oxide; Rat hepatocytes; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; NITRITE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FLAT MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE; TIME; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942451939     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403200106     Document Type: Article

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