Involvement of cell junctions in hepatocyte culture functionality

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-318

  Vinken, Mathieu ^a   Papeleu, Peggy ^a   Snykers, Sarah ^a   De Rop, Evelien ^a   Henkens, Tom ^a   Chipman, James Kevin ^b   Rogiers, Vera ^a   Vanhaecke, Tamara ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherens Junctions; Desmosomes; Gap Junctions; Liver Functioning; Primary Hepatocyte Culture; Tight Junctions

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESMOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646254422     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440600599273     Document Type: Review

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