The effect of three-dimensional co-culture of hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells on key hepatocyte functions in vitro

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Thomas, Robert J ^a   Bhandari, Rena ^a   Barrett, David A ^a   Bennett, Andrew J ^a   Fry, Jeffrey R ^a   Powe, Desmond ^a   Thomson, Brian J ^a   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co culture; Hepatocytes; Spheroid culture; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A2; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DESMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROID CELL; STELLATE CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644961249     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091096     Document Type: Article

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