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A Human Colonic Cell Line Sharing Similarities With Enterocytes as a Model to Examine Oral Absorption: Advantages and Limitations of the Caco-2 Model
1 Jan 1997
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Caco-2 cell monolayers mimic intestinal absorptive epithelium and represent a very useful tool for studying transepithelial transport. The literature on Caco-2 cells is controversial regarding transepithelial resistance and permeabilities of different marker compounds across monolayers. This paper discusses probable causes for these discrepancies. First, we present the role of culture conditions, such as the...
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