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Kupffer Cell Isolation for Nanoparticle Toxicity Testing
Published on: August 18, 2015
Browicz or Kupffer cells?
Andrzej Sródka1, Ryszard W Gryglewski, Wojciech Szczepariski
1Department of History of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
Abstract:
The paper is concerned to problem of discovery of macrofage cells present in the liver sinusoid, which are recognized in the world medical literature as Kuppffer cells. On the other hand in Poland the name of professor Tadeusz Browicz is firmly connected with the cells resulting in eponymous Browicz cells. The authors are trying to determine who has priority in this respect; Karl Kupffer, a professor of anatomy in Koniggsberg, and then in München, or professor of pathological anatomy at Jagiellonian University, Tadeusz Browicz.
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