Retinal pigment epithelial cells from dystrophic rats form normal tight junctions in vitro

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 188-195

  Chang, Chih Wei ^a   Defoe, Dennis M ^b   Caldwell, Ruth B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

blood retinal barrier; cell adhesion; retinal cell culture; retinal degeneration; retinal pigment epithelium; tight junction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031018869     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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