Ductular morphogenesis and functional polarization of normal human biliary epithelial cells in three-dimensional culture
Ishida Y, Smith S, Wallace L, Sadamoto T, Okamoto M, Auth M, Strazzabosco M, Fabris L, Medina J, Prieto J, Strain A, Neuberger J, Joplin R. Ductular morphogenesis and functional polarization of normal human biliary epithelial cells in three-dimensional culture. Journal Of Hepatology 2001, 35: 2-9. PMID: 11495037, DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(01)00078-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCollagen gel cultureHuman biliary epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsGel cultureGrowth factorHuman hepatocyte growth factorThree-dimensional cultureBiliary epithelial cellsThree-dimensional aggregatesNormal human biliary epithelial cellsFoetal bovine serumMorphogenesisCell typesAnion exchanger 2Hepatocyte growth factorFunctional polarizationFunctional differentiationFunctional markersExchanger 2Monolayer culture systemCentral lumenPhenotypic markersCollagen gelsNumber of aggregatesCulture system