title: Expression of intermediate filaments (IF) in tissues and cultured cells.
abstract: Intermediate filaments are found in most nucleated cells as part of their cytoskeleton. Intermediate filaments are formed by different proteins in cells of major tissues types. Therefore, antibodies against intermediate filaments can be used in tissue typing, in the analysis of cell lineages during development and in the elucidation of the origin of unknown tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heikinheimo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hormia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kivelä
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laitinen
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Thornell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D009024:Morphogenesis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal