Isolation of Rat Liver Hepatocytes
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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) (1–3). 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.
Book Title: Basic Cell Culture Protocols
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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