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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
551
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
An intermediate filament (IF), nestin, is used as an immature cell marker because nestin occurs in neural progenitors during early development. Recent cell culture studies have indicated that proliferating otic progenitor cells express nestin in vitro. However, localization of nestin in the developing inner ear has not yet been clarified. In this study, the ontogenetical expression of nestin epitopes in the rat cochlea was examined immunohistochemically. Sensory epithelial cells in the rat Corti organ (e.g. hair cells and support cells) transiently demonstrated immunoreactivity for nestin during the late embryonic period. After birth, nestin expression in the sensory epithelia disappeared gradually. The findings of this study indicate that the expression of nestin epitopes in the developing cochlea is linked with the plasticities of sensory epithelial cells, such as proliferation or differentiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0365-5237
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Cochlea, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Hair Cells, Auditory, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Intermediate Filaments, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:15078070-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Nestin expression in the developing rat cochlea sensory epithelia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't