A comparative evaluation of corneal epithelial cell cultures for assessing ocular permeability

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Becker, Ulrich ^a   Ehrhardt, Carsten ^a,b   Schneider, Marc ^a   Muys, Leon ^a   Gross, Dorothea ^c   Eschmann, Klaus ^c   Schaefer, Ulrich F ^a   Lehr, Claus Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Ursapharm Arzneimittel GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent permeability; Epithelial barrier; In vitro models; Ocular drug absorption

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MOXAVERINE; PROPRANOLOL; RHODAMINE 123; SODIUM; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG PENETRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 41149165232     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290803600106     Document Type: Article

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