Please cite as: CSH Protocols; 2006; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot4384

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Partial Hepatectomy

Andras Nagy, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten and Richard Behringer

This protocol was adapted from "Surgical Procedures," Chapter 6, in Manipulating the Mouse Embryo, 3rd edition, by Andras Nagy, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, and Richard Behringer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2003.

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INTRODUCTION

This protocol describes partial removal of a mouse liver to provide tissue for analysis.


MATERIALS

Reagents

recipe caution Appropriate anesthetic

Ethanol, 70%

Mouse

Equipment

Animal clippers

Clean cage

Fiber-optic illuminator (optional)

Forceps, blunt

Forceps, watchmaker’s #5, two pairs

Needle, 26-gauge, 1/2 inch

Needle, curved surgical (e.g., size 10, triangular, pointed)

Scissors, dissection

Suture, surgical silk (size 5-0)

Syringe, 1-ml

Tissues

Warming plate, heating pad, or 50W . . . [Full Text of this Article]


METHOD


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