Expression of claudins -2 and -4 and cingulin is coordinated with the start of stratification and differentiation in corneal epithelial cells: retinoic acid reversibly disrupts epithelial barrier
Summary Although tight junctions (TJ) have been extensively studied in simple epithelial cells, it is still unknown whether their organization is coupled to cell differentiation in stratified epithelia. We studied the expression of TJ in RCE1(5T5) cells, an in vitro model which mimics the sequential...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/2/2/132 |