| Epithelial Cells in Culture: Injured or Differentiated Cells ? | |
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PMID: 22582821 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Isolation of epithelial cells for cell culture is based on destruction of epithelial integrity. The consequences are manifold: cell polarity and specific cell functions are lost, cells acquire non-epithelial characteristics and start to proliferate. This situation may also occur in situ when parts of the epithelium are lost, either by apoptosis or necrosis by organ or tissue injury. During recovery from this injury, surviving epithelial cells proliferate and may restore epithelial integrity and finally re-differentiate into functional epithelial cells. In vitro, this re-differentiation is mostly not complete due to suboptimal culture conditions. Therefore, cultured epithelial cells resemble wounded or injured epithelia rather than healthy and well differentiated epithelia. The value of an in vitro cell model is the extent to which it helps to understand the function of the cells in situ. A variety of parameters influence the state of differentiation of cultured cells in vitro. Although each of these parameters had been studied, the picture how they coordinately influence the state of differentiation of epithelial cells in vitro is incomplete. Therefore, we discuss the influence of the isolation method and cell culture on epithelial cells, and outline strategies to achieve highly differentiated epithelial cells for the use as an in vitro model. |
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Patrick C Baer; Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-14 |
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Title: Cell biology international Volume: - ISSN: 1095-8355 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-5-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9307129 Medline TA: Cell Biol Int Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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