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Fig. 5. Influence of elevated cAMP levels on barrier permeability. BCEC monolayers
were incubated as indicated with medium or with medium containing PT (200
ng/ml) and/or CT (1 µg/ml) and/or forskolin (50 µM) for 4 hours. The
transendothelial HRP transport was assessed by measuring HRP concentrations
spectrophotometrically in the lower compartment. OD values were taken as a
measure for the traversed HRP indicating the relative permeability. The
standard deviations (error bars, n=6) are indicated.