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RESEARCH PRODUCT

A New Culture Technique: An Approach to the in-Vitro Reconstitution of Endocrine Organs

Bernd NitzgenKurt RackéElke LangGerd BrunnerKlaus LangUlrich Krause

subject

Pituitary cellChemistryCell cultureMatrix (biology)In vitroCell biology

description

A new cell culture technique called three-dimensional-rotation culture (3dR-culture) has been developed. Its main characteristics are: (i) cultivation under constant rotation, and (ii) the use of a three-dimensional material that allows the cells to adhere and to grow in a three-dimensional arrangement. Two glassfibre materials and one gelatine-sponge proved suitable for the use in cell culture. The new technique has the advantage to yield in large numbers cells bound on a stable matrix that can easily be handled, e.g. for implantation.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69290-1_30