Comparison of three different brushing techniques to isolate and culture primary nasal epithelial cells from human subjects

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 327-332

  Stokes, Andrea B ^a,b   Kieninger, Elisabeth ^a,b   Schögler, Aline ^a,b   Kopf, Brigitte S ^a,b   Casaulta, Carmen ^a   Geiser, Thomas ^b,c   Regamey, Nicolas ^a,b   Alves, Marco P ^a,b  

^a CH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cells; Brushing; Cell culture; Nasal cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASAL CURETTE; NASAL EPITHELIAL CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CARTILAGE; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBINATE; BRONCHUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRONCHI; CADHERINS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; NOSE;

EID: 84906069624     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: 15210499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2014.925987     Document Type: Article

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