2002
Claudin 5 Is Transiently Expressed During the Development of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Kojima S, Rahner C, Peng S, Rizzolo L. Claudin 5 Is Transiently Expressed During the Development of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium. The Journal Of Membrane Biology 2002, 186: 81-88. PMID: 11944085, DOI: 10.1007/s00232-001-0137-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionRetinal pigment epitheliumClaudin-5Chick retinal pigment epitheliumPigment epitheliumTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionEmbryonic day 14Tight junctionsSemiquantitative RT-PCRExpression of claudinsEmbryonic day 10Northern blottingNeural retinaDay 14Semi-quantitative RT-PCRDay 10Claudin-3RPE developmentPeak levelsDay 7 embryosChoroid layerPrimary culturesChain reactionEpitheliumBlotting
1997
Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier
Williams C, Rizzolo L. Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier. The Anatomical Record 1997, 249: 380-388. PMID: 9372172, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199711)249:3<380::aid-ar9>3.0.co;2-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumApical junctional complexOuter blood-retinal barrierBlood-retinal barrierNeural retinaZO-1Junctional complexesOccludin expressionRPE developmentMature retinal pigment epitheliumRPE/choroidZO-1 expressionTight junction proteinsEmbryonic day 3Same molecular massEmbryonic day 10Adherens junctionsPigment epitheliumDay 3Day 10Homologous complexesMolecular massRetinaJunction proteinsJunction permeability