Long-term culture of hepatocytes from human adults

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-440

  Chen, Hui Ling ^a   Wu, Hui Lin ^a   Fon, Chun Chun ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^b   Lai, Ming Yang ^b   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Collagen gel sandwich; Human hepatocyte; Matrigel matrix; Primary culture; Transferrin; Fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; MATRIGEL; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84984578042     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02255932     Document Type: Article

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