An in vitro triple cell co-culture model with primary cells mimicking the human alveolar epithelial barrier

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-406

  Lehmann, Andrea D ^a   Daum, Nicole ^b   Bur, Michael ^b   Lehr, Claus Michael ^b   Gehr, Peter ^a   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelial models; Dendritic cells; Lung cell culture models; Macrophages; Primary alveolar type I cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ZO1; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BIOPSY; MACROPHAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 79952310806     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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