| Literature DB >> 7522099 |
M C Gutiérrez-Ruiz1, L Bucio, V Souza, J J Gómez, C Campos, A Cárabez.
Abstract
Some morphologic and functional characteristics of an hepatic fetal human epithelial cell line (WRL-68 cells) were determined to validate the use of these cells as an in vitro hepatic model. WRL-68 cells have a morphologic structure similar to hepatocytes and hepatic primary cultures. They secrete alpha-feto protein and albumin and exhibit a cytokeratin pattern similar to other hepatic cultures. WRL-68 cells preserve the activity of some characteristic or specific liver enzymes or both used in clinical chemistry for the diagnosis of hepatic disorders, i.e. alanine amino transferase, aspartate amino transferase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, and alkaline phosphatase.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7522099 DOI: 10.1007/bf02634356
Source DB: PubMed Journal: In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim ISSN: 1071-2690 Impact factor: 2.416