Microscale culture of human liver cells for drug development

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Khetani, Salman R ^a   Bhatia, Sangeeta N ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG PRODUCTS; MAMMALS; TISSUE;

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICROSCALE CULTURE; MICROTECHNOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CAFFEINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIGLITAZONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENTACAPONE; MEPYRAMINE; METHAPYRILENE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PIOGLITAZONE; PROBENECID; RIFAMPICIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; TAMOXIFEN; TOLCAPONE; TOXIN; TROGLITAZONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 38049011979     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1361     Document Type: Article

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