Factors influencing the growth of alveolar type II epithelial cells isolated from rat lungs.
Factors influencing the growth of alveolar type II epithelial cells isolated from rat lungs.
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影响从大鼠肺中分离的肺泡 II 型上皮细胞生长的因素。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(82)90383-4
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Holley,RW
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作者:
Messmer,TO;Armour,R;Holley,RW
Primary cultures of isolated alveolar type II cells have been established. Under appropriate conditions, these epithelial cells can be subcultured at least nine times. Using standard assay procedures, effects of growth factors or inhibitors can be studied. The alveolar type II cells show a marked response to both serum and growth factors in tissue culture. Either epidermal growth factor (EGF) or human urine gives an increase in thymidine incorporation (2-fold and 10-fold, respectively). The growth factor(s) in urine appears to be different from urogastrone (human EGF). The response to urine is several-fold greater than the response to a saturating concentration of mouse EGF alone. Mouse EGF added to urine does not increase the activity of urine. The period during which the alveolar type II cells respond to the growth factor(s) in urine is limited to early passages of the cells. Alveolar type II epithelial cells produce growth inhibitors in culture. Inhibitors are produced in the growth medium in either the presence or absence of serum. The concentrated inhibitor, although very unstable, gives up to a 50% inhibition of thymidine incorporation when assayed on sparse or crowded alveolar type II cells.