Technical Reference #1535

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
35-mm glass-bottom dishes (MatTek Corp.; Ashland; MA)

1535.

Hvem And Nectin-1 Are The Major Mediators Of Herpes Simples Virus 1 (Hsv-1) Entry Into Human Conjunctivial Epithelium Jihan Akhtar; Vaibhav Tiwari; Myung-Jin Oh; Maria Kovacs; Aarti Jani; S. Krisztian Kovacs; Tibor Valyi-Nagy; Deepak Shukla, University of Illinois, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 49(1535), (2008)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
PURPOSE. The human conjunctiva is a natural target for herpessimplex virus (HSV)-1 infection. The goals of this study were toinvestigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of HSV-1entry into human conjunctival epithelial (HCjE) cells. Specificf

Materials & Methods:
HCjE cells were provided by Ilene K. Gipson (Harvard University Boston MA) and were originally obtained from Steven Foster (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston MA).

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy, Live Cell

Cell Type(s)
HCjE (human conjunctival epithelial)