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[Functional morphology of an organotypic liver culture exposed to the peptide livagen]
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This organotypic liver tissue culture study examined effects of the tetrapeptide livagen on functional and morphological characteristics of liver cell populations, using immunocytochemical and morphometric analysis; species was not specified in the abstract. The authors reported that livagen was associated with stabilization of structural and functional homeostasis of cell populations in the culture, and interpreted the peptide's main activity as directed toward maintaining morphological integrity and supporting cellular and intracellular regeneration processes.
Abstract
In this study the results of the tetrapeptide livagen effect on functional morphological characteristics have been produced. Under the data of the immunocytochemical and morphometrical analysis, tetrapeptide stimulates structural and functional homeostasis of cell populations in the liver culture. It was demonstrated that the main activity of investigated peptide had been directed to the stabilisation of morphological safety and reinforcement of the processes of cellular and intracellular forms of regeneration.
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