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Periacinar stellate shaped cells in rat pancreas: identification, isolation, and culture

Gut · 1998 · Vol. 43(1) · pp. 128–133

Minoti V. Apte(UNSW Sydney)Paul Haber(Prince of Wales Hospital)Tanya Applegate(Prince of Wales Hospital)Ian D. Norton(UNSW Sydney)Geoffrey W. McCaughan(Prince of Wales Hospital)Mark A. Korsten(Prince of Wales Hospital)Romano C. Pirola(UNSW Sydney)Jeremy S. Wilson✉(Prince of Wales Hospital)

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Abstract

Cells resembling hepatic stellate cells are present in rat pancreas in a number comparable with that of stellate cells in the liver. These stellate shaped pancreatic cells can be isolated and cultured in vitro.

Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and DiseaseHepatic stellate cellDesminPancreasBiologyPathologyEndocrinologyMedicineVimentinImmunohistochemistry

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AnimalsCell SeparationDesminColoring AgentsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinImmunohistochemistryLiverMaleMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, Phase-ContrastPancreasRats, Sprague-DawleyCell Culture TechniquesRats

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