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Implications of cytokeratin 8/18 filament formation in stratified epithelial cells: induction of transformed phenotype.
International journal of cancer - 20 Sept 2004
Raul Ujwala, Sawant Sharada, Dange Prerana, Kalraiya Rajiv, Ingle Arvind, Vaidya Milind
Abstract excerpt
The cytokeratin (CK) pair 8 and 18 is normally expressed in all simple epithelia. This pair is not normally seen in stratified epithelial cells. Squamous cell carcinomas derived from stratified epithelia show anomalous expression of this CK pair. It is not known whether CKs 8 and 18 in any way contribute to the malignant phenotype of these cells. We used an immortalised, nontransformed human foetal buccal mucosa...
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