Multilayer primary epithelial cell culture from bovine conjunctiva as a model for in vitro toxicity tests

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 126-136

  Civiale, Claudine ^a   Paladino, Grazia ^a   Marino, Clara ^a   Trombetta, Francesco ^a   Pulvirenti, Teodoro ^a   Enea, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SIFI SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine conjunctiva; Cell cultures; Toxicity in vitro; Transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DESMOPLAKIN 1 ANTIBODY; DESMOPLAKIN 2 ANTIBODY; KERATIN ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFILTER; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SCREENING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; DISSOCIATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMERSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROVILLUS; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLATING MEDIUM; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; STROMA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HYALURONIC ACID; ION TRANSPORT; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0037272946     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070047     Document Type: Article

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