Unidirectional transport across cultured ovine amniotic epithelial cell monolayer

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1054-1058

  Cheung, Cecilia Y ^a,b   Brace, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Mail Code: L 458 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Amniotic membrane; Amniotic permeability; Intramembranous pathway; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; INULIN; VASCULOTROPIN; CARBON;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRANSCYTOSIS; UMBILICAL VEIN; AMNION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DOMESTIC SHEEP; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; INULIN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 57849113262     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108322426     Document Type: Article

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