A rapid and simple procedure for the establishment of human normal and cancer renal primary cell cultures from surgical specimens.

The kidney is a target organ for the toxicity of several xenobiotics and is also highly susceptible to the development of malignant tumors. In both cases, in vitro studies provide insight to cellular damage, and represent adequate models to study either the mechanisms underlying the toxic effects of...

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Main Authors: Maria João Valente, Rui Henrique, Vera L Costa, Carmen Jerónimo, Félix Carvalho, Maria L Bastos, Paula Guedes de Pinho, Márcia Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3087760?pdf=render