Cytokeratin 15 marks basal epithelia in developing ureters and is upregulated in a subset of urothelial transitional cell carcinomas
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ABSTRACT: The mammalian ureter contains a water-tight epithelium surrounded by smooth muscle. Key molecules have been defined which regulate ureteric bud initiation and drive the differentiation of ureteric mesenchyme into peristaltic smooth muscle. Less is known about mechanisms underlying the developmental patterning of the multilayered epithelium characterising the mature ureter. In skin, which also contains a multilayered epithelium, cytokeratin 15 (CK15), an intermediate filament protein, is a marker for cells whose progeny contribute to epidermal regeneration following wounding. Moreover, CK15+ precursor cells in skin can give rise to basal cell carcinomas. In the current study, using transcriptome microarrays of embryonic wild type mouse ureters, we detected Krt15, coding for CK15.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Fiona Marriage
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3929 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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