New Reporting Recommendations for TEER Assay Published by Cross-sector Group

A new paper provides recommendations on the information laboratories should report when conducting the Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER) assay.

The paper, “Minimum information for reporting on the TEER (trans-epithelial/endothelial electrical resistance) assay (MIRTA),” out today in Archives of Toxicology, describes how to standardise testing to support data transparency and reproducibility, enable cross-laboratory comparisons, and facilitate the incorporation of the TEER assay into national and international testing guidance. While the recommendations focus on respiratory epithelial cell systems, these recommendations can be adapted for other cell systems that form barriers.

The paper was co-authored by PETA Science Consortium International e.V. and twenty-two other organisations, including the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Epithelix Sàrl, the Jai Research Foundation, the Clorox Company, the Battelle Memorial Institute, and BASF SE.