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Papilloma virus immortalized tracheal epithelial cells retain a well-differentiated phenotype.
The American journal of physiology - 1 May 1993
Yankaskas J R, Haizlip J E, Conrad M, Koval D, Lazarowski E, Paradiso A M, Rinehart C A, Sarkadi B, Schlegel R, Boucher R C
Abstract excerpt
Human airway epithelial cell lines that retain phenotypic properties representative of the native tissue will be useful physiological models. Human papilloma viral (HPV) genes can immortalize human genital keratinocytes and breast and bronchial epithelia. We transfected cystic fibrosis (CF) and normal tracheobronchial epithelial cell cultures with DNA encoding the HPV-18 E6 and E7 genes and characterized...
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