Example sentences for: transepithelial

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  • LPS treatment also had no effect on the transepithelial permeability of these cells for up to 24 hours as measured by 3H-mannitol diffusion experiments when compared to controls (data not shown).

  • Numerous previous investigators have used different masking agents as methylcellulose [ 3 4 5 6 ] and sodium hyaluronate [ 5 7 8 ] at various concentrations or performed transepithelial (so that the epithelium acts as a natural masking agent) treatments [ 5 6 9 10 ] and reported the beneficial effect of masked PTK.

  • NBCs are also responsible for electrogenic transepithelial bicarbonate cotransport in kidney proximal tubules [ 4, 5].

  • We have developed [ 17 18 19 20 21 22 ] a unique human intestinal cell culture model of vitamin D-mediated transepithelial Ca transport using Caco-2 cells, a colon adenocarcinoma cell line.

  • This cell line spontaneously differentiates in culture and expresses biochemical and morphological characteristics of well-differentiated small intestine-like enterocytes [ 17 23 ] . We have previously shown that Caco-2 cells possess a classical nuclear vitamin D receptor [ 18 ] that directly mediates vitamin D-dependent gene expression [ 22 ] , and exhibits a high degree of specificity for various vitamin D metabolites and analogs [ 20 21 ] . Most importantly, in response to short-term (<24 h) 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D treatment, Caco-2 cells increase transepithelial calcium transport [ 17 ] and calbindin D 9K expression [ 19 ] , a cytosolic calcium binding protein.


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