The development of a standardised protocol to measure squamous differentiation in stratified epithelia, by using the fluorescein cadaverine incorporation technique

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-100

  Gray, Alison C ^a   Malton, Joanne ^b   Clothier, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Cadaverine; Cornified envelopes; Fluorescein cadaverine; Keratinocytes; Squamous differentiation; Stratified epithelia; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; CHEMICAL AGENT; DYE; FLUORESCEIN; KENACID BLUE; NICOTINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RESORUFIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DONOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SQUAMOUS CELL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3342900203     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403200206     Document Type: Article

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