Embryonic chicken lens cells cultured in reconstituted basement membrane: an experimental model to maintain the epithelial phenotype in culture.

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The action of a reconstituted basement membrane has been studied on primary cultures of embryonic lens cells. When a solution of this matrix (Matrigel) was included in the culture medium, a high percentage of cells maintained the epithelial phenotype, judged by electron microscopy criteria, in contrast to the differentiated state induced by serum. Complete matrix stimulated by 6-fold the incorporation of...

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