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Selective decrease in paracellular conductance of tight junctions: role of the first extracellular domain of claudin-5.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Oct 2004
Wen Huajie, Watry Debbie D, Marcondes M Cecilia G, Fox Howard S
Abstract excerpt
Claudin-5 is a protein component of many endothelial tight junctions, including those at the blood-brain barrier, a barrier that limits molecular exchanges between the central nervous system and the circulatory system. To test the contribution of claudin-5 to this barrier function of tight junctions, we expressed murine claudin-5 in Madin-Darby canine kidney II cells. The result was a fivefold increase in...
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