An optimised human cell culture model for alveolar epithelial transport

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Ren, Hui ^a,b   Birch, Nigel P ^b,c,d   Suresh, Vinod ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Universities of Auckland and Otago   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 5; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FORSKOLIN; INSULIN; PROTEIN ZO1; SELENIUM; TRANSFERRIN; UVOMORULIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

A549 CELL LINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; NCI H441 CELL LINE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TRANSEPITHELIAL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; A-549 CELL LINE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

A549 CELLS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; COLFORSIN; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84992315755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165225     Document Type: Article

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