Article
Maintenance of the mouse type II cell phenotype in vitro.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Aug 2002
Rice Ward R, Conkright Juliana J, Na Cheng-Lun, Ikegami Machiko, Shannon John M, Weaver Timothy E
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to identify culture conditions for maintenance of isolated mouse type II cells with intact surfactant protein (SP) and phospholipid production. Type II cells were isolated from 6-wk-old mice and cultured on Matrigel matrix-rat tail collagen (70:30 vol/vol) in bronchial epithelial cell growth medium minus hydrocortisone plus 5% charcoal-stripped FBS and 10 ng/ml keratinocyte growth...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Phenotype
- Phospholipids
- Pulmonary Alveoli
- Pulmonary Surfactants
- Rats
- Surface Properties
- Time Factors
