Renal Cell Culture

Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-101

  Jennings, Paul ^a   Aschauer, Lydia ^a   Wilmes, Anja ^a   Gstraunthaler, Gerhard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Claudin; Epithelial; Glomerulus; GST; HK 2; Immortalization; Kidney; LLC PK1; MDCK; Nephrotoxicity; Podocytes; Proximal tubular cells; RPTEC TERT1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988945777     PISSN: 15572153     EISSN: 19406053     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0521-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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