Stopping the use of false "endothelial" cell lines

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-

  Rojas, Armando ^a   Gonzalez, Ileana ^a   Figueroa, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL MAULE   (Chile)

Author keywords

cross contamination; false cell lines; vascular biology

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 58749113075     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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