Article
Rat serum inhibits progression of alveolar epithelial cells toward the type I cell phenotype in vitro.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 1995
Borok Z, Hami A, Danto S I, Zabski S M, Crandall E D
Abstract excerpt
Serum contains a number of polypeptide growth factors, hormones, and soluble matrix components and may influence the state of differentiation of epithelial cells in general and of alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) in particular. To evaluate the influence of sera on the transition from the type II t...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Biomarkers
- Blood
- Cattle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Membrane
- Culture Media, Serum-Free
- Electrophysiology
- Epithelial Cells
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Alveoli
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms