Tightening of endothelial cell contacts: A physiologic response to cocultures with smooth-muscle-like 10T1/2 cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-153

  Kurzen, Hjalmar ^b   Manns, Sabine ^b   Dandekar, Gudrun ^a   Schmidt, Tim ^a   Prätzel, Silke ^a   Kräling, Birgit Maria ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Angiogenesis; Cell culture; Differentiation; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; DEXTRAN; OCCLUDIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CONTACT; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MESENCHYME CELL; MONOCULTURE; NEWBORN; PERICYTE; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036418093     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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