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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2015

Immortalized Human Hepatic Cell Lines for In Vitro Testing and Research Purposes.

Eva Ramboer, Tamara Vanhaecke, Vera Rogiers, Mathieu Vinken

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eva RamboerDepartment of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels, 1090, Belgium, eramboer@vub.ac.be.
Tamara Vanhaecke
Vera Rogiers
Mathieu Vinken
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

European Research Council 335476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ubiquitous shortage of primary human hepatocytes has urged the scientific community to search for alternative cell sources, such as immortalized hepatic cell lines. Over the years, several human hepatic cell lines have been produced, whether or not using a combination of viral oncogenes and human telomerase reverse transcriptase protein. Conditional approaches for hepatocyte immortalization have also been established and allow generation of growth-controlled cell lines. A variety of immortalized human hepatocytes have already proven useful as tools for liver-based in vitro testing and fundamental research purposes. The present chapter describes currently applied immortalization strategies and provides an overview of the actually available immortalized human hepatic cell lines and their in vitro applications.

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In Vitro TechniquesResearchCell Culture TechniquesCell Line, TransformedGene Transfer TechniquesHepatocytesHumansOncogene Proteins, ViralTelomeraseOncogene Proteins, ViralTelomeraseTERT protein, human

Identifiers

PMID26272134
PMCPMC4579543
OpenAlexW2412734056

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