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Effects of transdifferentiation and EGF on claudin isoform expression in alveolar epithelial cells.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Jan 2005
Chen Stephen P, Zhou Beiyun, Willis Brigham C, Sandoval Argelia J, Liebler Janice M, Kim Kwang-Jin, Ann David K, Crandall Edward D, Borok Zea
Abstract excerpt
Rat alveolar epithelial type II cells grown on polycarbonate filters form high-resistance monolayers and concurrently acquire many phenotypic properties of type I cells. Treatment with EGF has previously been shown to increase transepithelial resistance across alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) monolayers. We investigated changes in claudin expression in primary cultured AEC during transdifferentiation to the type I...
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