title: Growth and differentiation of rabbit tracheal outgrowths in primary cultures: influence of substrata.
abstract: We show that in rabbit tracheal outgrowths, ciliated cells can express an affinity for the isolectin BSI-B4, known to preferentially bind to basal cells. In multi-layered outgrowths grown on a thick collagen gel, a low percentage of ciliated cells are labelled by BSI-B4. This percentage increases with the aging of cultures. In monolayers developed on thin coatings of collagen or matrigel, a high percentage of ciliated cells show affinity for BSI-B4, even within young cultures.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanquart
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jeanne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D011817:Rabbits; D014132:Trachea / Q000166:cytology*