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. 2016 Dec 15;17:63. doi: 10.1186/s40360-016-0106-5

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Fig. 1 — Cytotoxicity of MeHgCl (a), thiomersal (b) and HgCl₂ (c) in PBCECs after 72 h incubation. Cytotoxicity was determined by a decrease of the lysosomal integrity measured by neutral red uptake. PBCECs were cultivated in rat tail collagen-coated 96 well culture plates under the same conditions as the cells seeded on Transwell^® filter inserts. Shown are mean values of at least 3 independent determinations with 6 replicates + SD