Audus KL, Bartel RL, Hidalgo IJ, Borchardt RT. The use of cultured epithelial and endothelial cells for drug transport and metabolism studies.
Pharm Res 1990;
7:435-51. [PMID:
2195492 DOI:
10.1023/a:1015800312910]
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Abstract
In an effort to develop novel strategies for delivery of drug candidates arising from rational drug design and recombinant DNA technology, pharmaceutical scientists have begun to employ the techniques of cell culture to study drug transport and metabolism at specific biological barriers. This review describes some of the general factors that should be considered in developing a cell culture model for transport studies and metabolism studies. In addition, we review in detail the recent progress that has been made in establishing, validating, and using cell cultures of epithelial barriers (e.g., cells that constitute the intestinal, rectal, buccal, sublingual, nasal, and ophthalmic mucosa as well as the epidermis of the skin) and the endothelial barriers (e.g., brain microvessel endothelial cells).
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