Optimization of primary hepatocyte isolation for the pharmacological characterization of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) s ubtype 5: A study on Reduction

To minimize the number of animals used during experiments, it is important to choose the suitable enzyme according to the final goal. In our work, we demonstrated the superiority of collagenase IV in the maintenance of functional transmembrane receptor, thus the pharmacological activity, in isolated rat hepatocytes.