CORESTA Congress, New Orleans, 2002, ST 02
In vitro cytotoxicity of cigarette mainstream smoke. Evaluation of different cell exposure methods, including 'native' smoke aerosol exposure
Imperial Tobacco Group, Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH, Science & Stewardship, Hamburg, Germany
The determination of cytotoxicity, e.g. by Neutral Red Uptake (NRU) viability or MTS metabolic activity assays, is an essential part of an in vitro mammalian cell culture test battery for cigarette smoke (CS). However, appropriate testing agents (...