Culture of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Monolayers and Their Use in Multiplex Macromolecular Permeability Assays for In Vitro Analysis of Tight Junction Size Selectivity.

This article describes methods for culturing intestinal epithelial cell monolayers and assessing the impact of cytokine treatment on leak and unrestricted pathway permeabilities. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Generation and culture of cell monolayers in Transwells Basic Protocol 2: Assessment of cytokine (IFNγ and TNF) treatment effects on barrier function Support Protocol: Immunofluorescent staining of monolayers Basic Protocol 3: Multiplex flux assay. PMID: 33175441 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Protocols in Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Curr Protoc Immunol Source Type: research