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Isolation and Primary Culture of Rat Hepatic Cells
Published on: June 29, 2012
Extracellular calcium protects isolated rat hepatocytes from injury
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|May 31, 1984
Abstract:
The incubation of isolated rat hepatocytes in calcium-free medium resulted in a pronounced increase in lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial and cytoplasmic glutathione depletion, glutathione disulfide formation and efflux of reduced glutathione as compared with hepatocytes incubated in calcium containing medium. These data suggest that extracellular calcium ions serve a protective role in isolated rat hepatocytes against cell injury.

