Human precision-cut cystic duct and gallbladder slices: a novel method for studying cholangiopathies

• Main Authors: Jeske Fridrichs (Author), Bart Hamel (Author), Wendy Kelder (Author), Ewoud van den Hoed (Author), Marius C. van den Heuvel (Author), Jan B. F. Hulscher (Author), Peter Olinga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aimsPrecision-cut tissue slices (PCTS) are widely used as an ex vivo culture tissue culture technique to study pathogeneses of diseases and drug activities in organs in vitro. A novel application of the PCTS model may be in the field of translational research into cholangiopathies suc...