Name
SkinEthicTM HOE / Human Oral Epithelium
Description
The SkinEthicTM HOE model is composed of TR146* cells (derived from a squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa) cultivated on an inert polycarbonate filter at the air liquid interface in a chemically defined medium. This model forms an epithelial tissue devoid of stratum corneum, resembling histologically to the mucosa of the oral cavity.
*TR146 cell line invented by Cancer Research UK London Research Institute: Lincoln's Inn Fields