In vitro models for liver toxicity testing

Toxicology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-39

  Soldatow, Valerie Y ^a   Lecluyse, Edward L ^b   Griffith, Linda G ^c   Rusyn, Ivan ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOCHIP; BIOREACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUID FLOW; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STEM CELL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84877931182     PISSN: 2045452X     EISSN: 20454538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2tx20051a     Document Type: Review

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