[Characteristization of the human microencapsulated adrenal cortex tissue in long-term culture]

Microencapsulated human adrenal cortex tissue preserves the ability to secrete 11-oxycorticosteroids for 51 days of cultivation, and to react adequately in responses to stimulation with adrenocorticotrophin and inhibition with chloditane, suggesting good prospects of the use of this tissue for compensation of the hypofunctional state of adrenocorticotropin system in experimental animals.