Quantitative In Situ Analysis of Claudin Expression at the Blood–Retinal Barrier

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 762, Issue , 2011, Pages 321-331

  Xu, Heping ^a   Liversidge, Janet ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood retinal barrier; Quantitative confocal microscopy; Retinal pigment epithelium; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CLAUDINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; UVEITIS;

EID: 79960718727     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-185-7_23     Document Type: Chapter

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