Isolation of rat portal fibroblasts by In Situ Liver perfusion

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 64, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Wen, Jessica W ^a   Olsen, Abby L ^b   Perepelyuk, Maryna ^b   Wells, Rebecca G ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary fibrosis; Fibrosis; Issue 64; Liver; Liver perfusion; Medicine; Myofibroblast; Physiology; Portal fibroblast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863792574     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3669     Document Type: Article

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