Article
A switch in cytokeratin expression and intermediate filament organization associated with epithelial stratification.
Journal de biologie buccale - 1 Mar 1992
Shabana A H, Khattab R, Sawaf M H, Forest N, Ouhayoun J P
Abstract excerpt
Low density gingival epithelial cells were cultured on the side of glass slides facing rat's tail collagen lattices. Under these conditions and in the presence of physiological level of calcium, colony formation was enhanced and stratification was slowed down. The strong attachment of the cells to glass slides permitted immunocytochemical examination of cytokeratin (CK) expression and their organization within...
Topics
- Adult
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Cytoplasm
- Epithelium
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Gingiva
- Humans
- Intermediate Filaments
