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Abstract
Addition of foetal-bovine serum to rat hepatocytes cultured in Williams E medium resulted in improved maintenance of bile-acid-synthetic capacity and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity as compared with cultures supplemented with rat or newborn-bovine serum or cultures in a hormonally defined serum-free medium. Minimally, 5% (v/v) foetal-bovine serum was necessary to maintain these liver-specific functions. Serum factor(s) responsible for these effects were not dialysable or associated with lipoproteins, but were removed by charcoal extraction.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2264833 PMCID: PMC1149691 DOI: 10.1042/bj2720273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857