Properties of an immortalised vascular endothelial/glioma cell co-culture model of the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Hurst, R D ^a,b   Fritz, I B ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFILAMENT; OSMOTIC STRESS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029983527     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199604)167:1<81::AID-JCP9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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