Application II
Time-resolved monitoring of the capacitance (Ccl) of
primary cultured epithelial cells derived from porcine choroid plexus,
incubated in serum-free medium (orange curve) and in serum-containing
medium (blue curve): choroid plexus epithelial cells develop longer and
more densely packed microvilli on their apical surface when incubated
in a serum-free medium. This differentiation process leads to an
increase of the capacitance of the confluent cell layer and can thus be
followed noninvasively in situ.
Graph adapted from Wegener et al., BioTechniques 37, 590 (2004).