Cell culture models of the ocular barriers

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-225

  Hornof, Margit ^a   Toropainen, Elisa ^a   Urtti, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood aqueous barrier; Blood retinal barrier; Cell culture model; Conjunctiva; Cornea; Ocular absorption; Ocular drug delivery; Retinal capillary endothelium; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETAXOLOL; EYE DROPS; TIMOLOL;

BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; RETINA;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL LINE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EYE; HUMANS; RETINA; TEARS;

EID: 20444392777     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2005.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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