Rabbit corneal epithelial cell line

C Korbmacher, H Helbig, C Forster, M Wiederholt. (1988). Characterization of Na+/H+ exchange in a rabbit corneal epithelial cell line (SIRC). Biochim Biophys Acta 943 405-410. 

The first immortalized cell line to gain major impact in the development of corneal epithelial cell clones was the rabbit corneal epithelial cell line (RCE, also known as K RCE) introduced by Araki et al. in 1993 [51], Corneal epithelial cells from a New Zealand albino rabbit were transfected with an SV40-vector. After transfection, the cells grew with cobblestone-like appearance and showed stratification, desmosomes, microvilli, and some typical types of... 

Dey, S., et al. 2003. Molecular evidence and functional expression of P-glycoprotein (MDR1) in human and rabbit cornea and corneal epithelial cell lines. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44 2909. 

Burgalassi S, Chetoni P, Monti D, et al. Cytotoxicity of potential ocular permeation enhancers evaluated on rabbit and human corneal epithelial cell lines. Toxicol Lett 2001 122(1) 1—8. 

Crystal violet staining uses lethal cytotoxicity a.s the end point (Itagaki et al., 1991), Cultured HeLa S3 cells or SlRC cells (an established line of rabbit corneal epithelial cells) are incubated with serial dilutions of the lest substance, and then crystal violet is used to stain residual viable cells. The... 

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