Isolated hepatocytes versus hepatocyte spheroids: In vitro culture of rat hepatocytes

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-401

  Ambrosino, Giovanni ^a,c   Basso, Stefano M M ^a   Varotto, Sergio ^a   Zardi, Enrico ^b   Picardi, Antonio ^b   D'Amico, Davide F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albumin; Benzodiazepine; Culture; Hepatocyte spheroids; Isolation; Matrix

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPHEROID CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24944464935     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982954     Document Type: Article

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