The effects of terahertz radiation on human keratinocyte primary cultures and neural cell cultures

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 667-684

  Bourne, Nicola ^a   Clothier, Richard H ^a,d   D'Arienzo, Marco ^b   Harrison, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelial differentiation; Human corneal cells; Human keratinocytes; In vitro assays; THz radiation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RESAZURIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 59849092354     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290803600610     Document Type: Article

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