The effect of EGF and the comitogen, norepinephrine, on the proliferative responses of fresh and cryopreserved rat and mouse hepatocytes

Cryobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-193

  Price, Julie A ^a   Caldwell, John ^b   Hewitt, Nicola J ^c  

^a In Vitro Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nicky Hewitt Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Epidermal growth factor; Hepatocytes; Mouse; Proliferative response; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BROXURIDINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NORADRENALIN; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA CONTENT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; LIVER CELL; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; THYMIDINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33748464511     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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