The suprabasal layer of corneal epithelial cells represents the major barrier site to the passive movement of small molecules and trafficking leukocytes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-378

  Sosnová Netuková, Magdaléna ^a,b   Kuchynka, Pavel ^b   Forrester, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; F ACTIN; OCCLUDIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TRITON X 100; ACTIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONULA OCCLUDENS 1 PROTEIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHALLOIDINE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS;

EID: 33947589515     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.097188     Document Type: Article

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