A modified technique for the impregnation of lanthanum tracer to study the integrity of tight junctions on cells grown on a permeable substrate

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 776-783

  Nilsson, Harriet ^a   Dragomir, Anca ^a   Ahlander, Anders ^a   Ljungkvist, Marianne ^a   Roomans, Godfried M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cells; Hypertonic conditions; Lanthanum impregnation; Permeability; Permeable substrate; Tight junctions; Transepithelial resistance

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; LANTHANUM;

AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS; CONDITION; HYPERTONIC CONDITION; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; LANTHANUM IMPREGNATION; OSMOLARITY; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABLE SUBSTRATE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSEPITHELIAL RESISTANCE;

IMPREGNATION;

ELECTROLYTE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; LANTHANUM; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRAIN 16HBE14O; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR SYSTEM; OSMOLARITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TECHNIQUE; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 33750022030     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20347     Document Type: Article

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