Coexistence of cytokeratin, vimentin and neurofilament protein in human choroid plexus

Autor: Kasper, Michael, Goertchen, Roland, Stosiek, Peter, Perry, George, Karsten, Uwe
Zdroj: Virchows Archiv; May 1987, Vol. 410 Issue: 3 p173-177, 5p
Abstrakt: The expression of intermediate filament proteins in human brain ependyma and choroid plexus epithelium has been studied by immunohistochemistry using a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against all five classes of intermediate filaments. Ependymal cells express GFAP and vimentin filaments, whereas plexus epithelium simultaneously contains neurofilaments, cytokeratins and vimentin, a phenomenon not previously observed in normal cells in vivo. By means of specific antibodies we were able to establish that cytokeratins 8 and 18 but not 19 are present in plexus epithelium.
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