Characterisation of human corneal epithelial cell cultures maintained under serum-free conditions

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-583

  Seeber, Judith W ^a   Zorn Kruppa, Michaela ^b   Lombardi Borgia, Simone ^a   Scholz, Heike ^b   Manzer, Anna K ^a   Rusche, Brigitte ^b   Schäfer Korting, Monika ^a   Engelke, Maria ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Animal Welfare Academy   (Germany)

^c Deutscher Tierschutzbund e V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine expression; Epithelial model; Eye irritation; Serum free; Tight junction; Transepithelial barrier

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; FLUORESCEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA OCCLUDIN 1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DONOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE;

EID: 57349093857     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290803600512     Document Type: Article

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