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Isolation of Rat Liver Hepatocytes
Abstract
The liver is composed of hepatocytes, endothelial, Kupffer, fat-storing, and pit cells. This chapter describes a technique for isolating hepatocytes, which represent 60–65% of the cells of the liver and about 80% of the volume of the organ (since they are larger than the other cells) (13). Two years after Howard et. al. (4) discovered that collagenase was a very important tool in the separation of liver cells, Berry and Friend (5) introduced the technique of collagenase perfusion of the liver.
Affiliation(s): (3) Liver Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology  |  Volume: 75  |  Pub. Date: Jul-07-1997  |  Page Range: 145-151  |  DOI: 10.1385/0-89603-441-0:145
Subject:  Cell Biology
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