A cellular viability assay to monitor drug toxicity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 648, Issue , 2010, Pages 303-311

  Hansen, Jakob ^a   Bross, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cell viability; Cytotoxicity; Disease; Molecular chaperones; MTT reduction; Protein misfolding

Indexed keywords

CELASTROL; CHAPERONE; FORMAZAN; TRIPTERINE; TRITERPENE;

CELL COUNTING; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VIABILITY ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INCUBATION TIME; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MTT ASSAY; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; SOLUBILIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOXICITY; FORMAZANS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 79952018068     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-756-3_21     Document Type: Chapter

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