Induction of a differentiated ciliated cell phenotype in primary cultures of Fallopian tube epithelium.

doi:10.1093/humrep/13.11.3114

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Induction of a differentiated ciliated cell phenotype in primary cultures of Fallopian tube epithelium.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 1998

Comer M T, Leese H J, Southgate J

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Human Fallopian tubal epithelial cells in culture lose morphological features associated with the epithelium in situ and the extent to which they retain their in-vivo phenotype or function is unknown. In order to address this question, immunocytochemical markers were identified which distinguish...

Topics

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cell Nucleus
Cells, Cultured
Cilia
Epithelial Cells
Estradiol
Fallopian Tubes
Female
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Keratins
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Phenotype
Receptors, Estrogen
Receptors, Progesterone

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