Integration of tight junctions and claudins with the barrier functions of the retinal pigment epithelium

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 296-323

  Rizzolo, Lawrence J ^a   Peng, Shaomin ^a,b   Luo, Yan ^c   Xiao, Wei ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Claudins; Outer blood retinal barrier; Retinal pigment epithelium; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INTERACTION; TRANSCYTOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CLAUDINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79960188210     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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