Epithelial cells within the human pancreas do not coexpress mesenchymal antigens: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition is an artifact of cell culture

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Seeberger, Karen L ^a   Eshpeter, Alana ^a   Rajotte, Ray V ^a,b   Korbutt, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cells; Epithelial mesenchymal transition and differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYME; PANCREAS; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD29; ANTIGENS, CD44; ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 59049086079     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2008.122     Document Type: Article

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