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. 2023 Jan 31;24(3):2710. doi: 10.3390/ijms24032710

Table 2.

Commonly used cells in in vitro co-culture BBB models.

Cells Inference Reference
Human induced pluripotent (hiPSC) and multipotent cells (neural stem cells) High TEER (2500 Ωcm2);
complex in vivo-like tight junction network
[125]
iPSC and GM25256 cells High TEER (1560 Ωcm2 ± 230 Ωcm2); TJ protein and endothelial marker expression [138]
Human hCMEC/D3 Feasible alternative to primary ECs in in vitro BBB models [139]
bEnd.3 and glial cells Intact BBB model with 178.4 ± 10 Ωcm2 TEER [133]
bEnd.3 and glial cells TEER ~400 Ωcm2 [134]
bEnd.3 and glial cells TEER ~600 Ωcm2 [63]
ECs and pericytes Occludin gene expression [95]
Human ECs and pericytes TEER ~3500 Ωcm2 [140]
Bovine ECs and rat astrocytes TEER ~850 Ωcm2 [119]
Porcine ECs and rat astrocytes TEER ~1693 Ωcm2 [122]
Monkey ECs and rat astrocytes, pericytes TEER~150 Ωcm2 [84]