Preparation of rodent testis co-cultures

Current Protocols in Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL.55, 2013, Pages

  Wegner, Susanna ^a   Hong, Sungwoo ^a   Yu, Xiaozhong ^a,b   Faustman, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Male reproductive development; Primary cell culture; Three dimensional in vitro models

Indexed keywords

MATRIGEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE PREPARATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880688556     PISSN: 19349254     EISSN: 19349262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471140856.tx1610s55     Document Type: Article

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