Methods to Examine Tight Junction Physiology in Cancer Stem Cells: TEER, Paracellular Permeability, and Dilution Potential Measurements

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1030-1034

  Buchert, Michael ^a   Turksen, Kursad ^b   Hollande, Frédéric ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

Author keywords

3H mannitol; Cancer stem cells; Cell polarity; Dilution potential; Paracellular transport; TEER (transepithelial electrical resistance); Tight junction; Transwell filters

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANNITOL; TEXAS RED; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL POLARITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MANNITOL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PERMEABILITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; XANTHENES;

EID: 84865530973     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-011-9334-7     Document Type: Article

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