A novel preparation of dissociated renal proximal tubule cells that maintain epithelial polarity in suspension
Segal A, Boulpaep E, Maunsbach A. A novel preparation of dissociated renal proximal tubule cells that maintain epithelial polarity in suspension. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 270: c1843-c1863. PMID: 8764170, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.6.c1843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial polarityFunctional polaritySingle cellsMembrane trafficking pathwaysCell surface polarityBasolateral membrane domainsIon channel proteinsBasolateral membraneApical brush borderCell polarityTrafficking pathwaysActin cytoskeletonMembrane domainsProximal tubule cellsMost epithelial cellsChannel proteinsZO-1 proteinTubule cellsJunctional complexesTight junctional complexesPolarized structureSingle cell modelEpithelial cellsRenal proximal tubule cellsZO-1