Murine tracheal and nasal septal epithelium for air-liquid interface cultures: A comparative study

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-537

  Woodworth, Bradford A ^a,b   Antunes, Marcelo B ^a   Bhargave, Geeta ^a   Palmer, James N ^a   Cohen, Noam A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air liquid interface culture; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Clara cell; Goblet cell; Mouse septum; Murine septum; Murine trachea; Olfactory epithelium; Respiratory epithelium; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

AIR; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA;

EID: 36048955097     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3068     Document Type: Article

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