Isolation of quiescent human pancreatic stellate cells: A promising in vitro tool for studies of human pancreatic stellate cell biology

Pancreatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-443

  Vonlaufen, Alain ^a,b,c   Phillips, Phoebe A ^a,b   Yang, Lu ^a,b   Xu, Zhihong ^a,b   Fiala Beer, Eva ^a,b   Zhang, Xuguo ^a,b   Pirola, Romano C ^b   Wilson, Jeremy S ^a   Apte, Minoti V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activation, pancreatic stellate cells; Extracellular matrix production; Human pancreatic stellate cells, quiescent; Migration, pancreatic stellate cells; Proliferation, pancreatic stellate cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; FAT DROPLET; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; PANCREATIC STELLATE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 77956075711     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260900     Document Type: Article

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