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VIM - vimentin

Pan troglodytes

Kasper, M. et al.

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Disease relevance of VIM

Cell types of lung epithelia of mini pigs have been studied using a panel of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against cytokeratins (CKs) and vimentin and three lectins before and after radiation-induced fibrosis [1].
In experimental pulmonary fibrosis, enhanced coexpression of CK and vimentin was observed in bronchial epithelium [1].

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In bronchial epithelial cells, CKs 7, 8, 18 and focally CKs 4 and 13 as well as vimentin were found [1].

References

Immuno- and lectin histochemistry of epithelial subtypes and their changes in a radiation-induced lung fibrosis model of the mini pig. Kasper, M., Rudolf, T., Hahn, R., Peterson, I., Müller, M. Histochemistry (1993) [Pubmed]

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