Propagation and functional characterization of serum-free cultured porcine hepatocytes for downstream applications

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-442

  Schneider, Christian ^a   Aurich, Hendryk ^a   Wenkel, Ralph ^b   Christ, Bruno ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaftliche Fakultaet   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Pig (German Landrace); Primary porcine hepatocytes; Proliferation; Serum free; Subculture

Indexed keywords

BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; UREA; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; UREA CYCLE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; HEPATOCYTES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 32444435766     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0089-9     Document Type: Article

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