Development of an in vitro blood-brain barrier.

Autor: Janigro D; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA., Stanness KA, Soderland C, Grant GA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current protocols in toxicology [Curr Protoc Toxicol] 2001; Vol. Chapter 12, pp. Unit12.2.
DOI: 10.1002/0471140856.tx1202s03
Abstrakt: The blood-brain barrier represents a significant protective barrier for the passage of pathogens and toxicants, but it is difficult to study in vivo. This unit describes an in vitro system that can be used as a model for the blood-brain barrier to study its functions in an accessible format.
Databáze: MEDLINE