KRT8

Summary

Gene Symbol: KRT8
Description: keratin 8
Alias: CARD2, CK-8, CK8, CYK8, K2C8, cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin-8, keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8, type-II keratin Kb8
Species: human

Top Publications

  1. ncbi The catalog of human cytokeratins: patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells
    R Moll
    Cell 31:11-24. 1982
  2. ncbi Down-modulation of keratin 8 phosphorylation levels by PRL-3 contributes to colorectal carcinoma progression
    Eri Mizuuchi
    Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
    Int J Cancer 124:1802-10. 2009
  3. ncbi Epidermal abnormalities and increased malignancy of skin tumors in human epidermal keratin 8-expressing transgenic mice
    M Llanos Casanova
    Epithelial Damage, Repair and Tissue Engineering, CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    FASEB J 18:1556-8. 2004
  4. ncbi Implications of cytokeratin 8/18 filament formation in stratified epithelial cells: induction of transformed phenotype
    Ujwala Raul
    Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Cancer Research Institute, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
    Int J Cancer 111:662-8. 2004
  5. ncbi Keratin 8 modulation of desmoplakin deposition at desmosomes in hepatocytes
    Anne Loranger
    Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie, QC, Canada G1R 2J6
    Exp Cell Res 312:4108-19. 2006
  6. ncbi Keratin 8 mutations in patients with cryptogenic liver disease
    N O Ku
    Gastroenterology Section, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif 94304, USA
    N Engl J Med 344:1580-7. 2001
  7. ncbi Keratin attenuates tumor necrosis factor-induced cytotoxicity through association with TRADD
    H Inada
    Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Aichi 464 8681, Japan
    J Cell Biol 155:415-26. 2001
  8. ncbi eIF3k regulates apoptosis in epithelial cells by releasing caspase 3 from keratin-containing inclusions
    Yu Min Lin
    Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    J Cell Sci 121:2382-93. 2008
  9. ncbi Keratin 8 phosphorylation by p38 kinase regulates cellular keratin filament reorganization: modulation by a keratin 1-like disease causing mutation
    Nam On Ku
    Department of Medicine, and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    J Biol Chem 277:10775-82. 2002
  10. ncbi Identification of Mrj, a DnaJ/Hsp40 family protein, as a keratin 8/18 filament regulatory protein
    I Izawa
    Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464 8681, Japan
    J Biol Chem 275:34521-7. 2000

Research Grants

  1. Stem Cell Therapy for Hemophilia A
    Catherine Verfaillie; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. APICAL IF MEDIATE POST-ISCHEMIA RECOVERY IN EPITHELIA
    Pedro Salas; Fiscal Year: 2004
  3. EARLY DETECT/CHARACTERIZATION OF TUMOR CELLS IN BLOOD
    Jonathan Uhr; Fiscal Year: 2001
  4. Core--Cell culture and physiology
    Karen Ridge; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. Targeted Nanoparticle DNA Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
    Janet A Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2010
  6. Targeting Nanoparticle DNA Delivery to Prostate Tumors
    Janet A Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Effects of Hypoxia on Alveolar Epithelial Cytoskeleton
    Karen Ridge; Fiscal Year: 2009
  8. Targeting Nanoparticle DNA Delivery to Prostate Tumors
    Janet Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2007
  9. Interactions of herpes simplex virus with nectin-1 at cell junctions
    Claude Krummenacher; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. ANTIBODIES IN PATHOGENESIS OF HIV-1 TROMBOCYTOPENIA
    Henrik Ditzel; Fiscal Year: 1999

Detail Information

Publications164 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi The catalog of human cytokeratins: patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells
    R Moll
    Cell 31:11-24. 1982
  2. ncbi Down-modulation of keratin 8 phosphorylation levels by PRL-3 contributes to colorectal carcinoma progression
    Eri Mizuuchi
    Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
    Int J Cancer 124:1802-10. 2009
    ..in wild type and C104S mutant PRL-3-transfected SW480 cells; the cytoskeletal intermediate filament keratin 8 (KRT8) was identified as a physiological PRL-3-interacting protein...
  3. ncbi Epidermal abnormalities and increased malignancy of skin tumors in human epidermal keratin 8-expressing transgenic mice
    M Llanos Casanova
    Epithelial Damage, Repair and Tissue Engineering, CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    FASEB J 18:1556-8. 2004
    ....
  4. ncbi Implications of cytokeratin 8/18 filament formation in stratified epithelial cells: induction of transformed phenotype
    Ujwala Raul
    Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Cancer Research Institute, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
    Int J Cancer 111:662-8. 2004
    ..human foetal buccal mucosa (FBM) cell line that expresses significantly higher amounts of CK18 compared to CK8. FBM cells were transfected with the full-length CK8 gene to study the role of CKs 8 and 18 in malignant ..
  5. ncbi Keratin 8 modulation of desmoplakin deposition at desmosomes in hepatocytes
    Anne Loranger
    Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie, QC, Canada G1R 2J6
    Exp Cell Res 312:4108-19. 2006
    ..Together, the data indicate that a proper alignment/deposition of desmoplakin with keratins and desmoglein in hepatocytes requires keratin 8, through a reciprocal phosphoserine-dependent process...
  6. ncbi Keratin 8 mutations in patients with cryptogenic liver disease
    N O Ku
    Gastroenterology Section, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif 94304, USA
    N Engl J Med 344:1580-7. 2001
    ..We have previously described a mutation in the keratin 18 gene in a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis, but the importance of mutations in the keratin 8 and keratin 18 genes in such patients is unclear...
  7. ncbi Keratin attenuates tumor necrosis factor-induced cytotoxicity through association with TRADD
    H Inada
    Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Aichi 464 8681, Japan
    J Cell Biol 155:415-26. 2001
    ..These results indicate that K18 may sequester TRADD to attenuate interactions between TRADD and activated TNFR1 and moderate TNF-induced apoptosis in simple epithelial cells...
  8. ncbi eIF3k regulates apoptosis in epithelial cells by releasing caspase 3 from keratin-containing inclusions
    Yu Min Lin
    Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    J Cell Sci 121:2382-93. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Keratin 8 phosphorylation by p38 kinase regulates cellular keratin filament reorganization: modulation by a keratin 1-like disease causing mutation
    Nam On Ku
    Department of Medicine, and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    J Biol Chem 277:10775-82. 2002
    ..The Ser-73 --> Ala-associated filament reorganization defect is rescued by a Ser-73 --> Asp mutation. Also, disease-causing keratin mutations can modulate keratin phosphorylation and organization, which may affect disease pathogenesis...
  10. ncbi Identification of Mrj, a DnaJ/Hsp40 family protein, as a keratin 8/18 filament regulatory protein
    I Izawa
    Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464 8681, Japan
    J Biol Chem 275:34521-7. 2000
    ..Taken together, these results suggest that Mrj may play an important role in the regulation of K8/18 filament organization as a K18-specific co-chaperone working together with Hsp/c70...
  11. ncbi Characterization of the binding sites for plasminogen and tissue-type plasminogen activator in cytokeratin 8 and cytokeratin 18
    K R Kralovich
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA
    J Protein Chem 17:845-54. 1998
    b>Cytokeratin 8 (CK8) is an intermediate filament protein that penetrates to the external surfaces of breast cancer cells and is released from cells in the form of soluble heteropolymers...
  12. ncbi The intermediate filament protein keratin 8 is a novel cytoplasmic substrate for c-Jun N-terminal kinase
    Tao He
    Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Abo Akademi University, the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Abo Akademi University, FIN 20521, Turku, Finland
    J Biol Chem 277:10767-74. 2002
    ..Taken together, K8 is a new cytoplasmic target for JNK in Fas receptor-mediated signaling. The functional significance of this phosphorylation could relate to regulation of JNK signaling and/or regulation of keratin dynamics...
  13. ncbi A disease- and phosphorylation-related nonmechanical function for keratin 8
    Nam On Ku
    Department of Medicine, Palo Alto VA Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Cell Biol 174:115-25. 2006
    ....
  14. ncbi Negative regulation of the expressions of cytokeratins 8 and 19 by SLUG repressor protein in human breast cells
    Manish Kumar Tripathi
    Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 329:508-15. 2005
    ..Inducible expression of SLUG in MDA-MB-468 cells inhibited the expressions of the cytokeratin 8 and 19 but not others as was revealed by microarray analysis...
  15. ncbi Keratin 8 and 18 hyperphosphorylation is a marker of progression of human liver disease
    Diana M Toivola
    Department of Medicine, Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine Digestive Disease Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Hepatology 40:459-66. 2004
    ..In conclusion, site-specific keratin phosphorylation in liver disease is a progression marker when increased and a likely regression marker when decreased...
  16. ncbi Keratins as susceptibility genes for end-stage liver disease
    Nam On Ku
    Department of Medicine, Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    Gastroenterology 129:885-93. 2005
    ..Keratin 8 and 18 variants in 17 of 467 liver disease explants and 2 of 349 blood bank controls were previously reported in 5 analyzed exonic regions. We asked whether mutations were present in the remaining 10 exons of keratins 8 and 18...
  17. ncbi Phosphorylation of human keratin 8 in vivo at conserved head domain serine 23 and at epidermal growth factor-stimulated tail domain serine 431
    N O Ku
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    J Biol Chem 272:7556-64. 1997
    ..Furthermore, K8 Ser-431 phosphorylation occurs after EGF stimulation and during mitotic arrest and is likely to be mediated by mitogen-activated protein and cdc2 kinases, respectively...
  18. ncbi Human keratin 8 mutations that disturb filament assembly observed in inflammatory bowel disease patients
    D W Owens
    Cancer Research UK Cell Structure Research Group, School of Life Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
    J Cell Sci 117:1989-99. 2004
    ..Simple epithelial keratins may thus be considered as candidates for genes contributing to a risk of inflammatory bowel disease...
  19. ncbi Global proteomic approach unmasks involvement of keratins 8 and 18 in the delivery of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)/deltaF508-CFTR to the plasma membrane
    Noélie Davezac
    INSERM U467, Faculte de Medecine Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
    Proteomics 4:3833-44. 2004
    ..A functional assay for CFTR revealed that specifically lowering K18 expression or changing its distribution leads to the delivery of functional deltaF508-CFTR to the plasma membrane. This work suggests a novel function of K18 in CF...
  20. ncbi Organization and sequence of the human gene encoding cytokeratin 8
    S Krauss
    Institute of Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, F R G
    Gene 86:241-9. 1990
    Among the various intermediate filament (IF) proteins, cytokeratin 8 (CK8) is especially remarkable as it is produced early in embryogenesis, is the only type-II CK occurring in many simple epithelial cells, and can also be synthesized ..
  21. ncbi Stress, apoptosis, and mitosis induce phosphorylation of human keratin 8 at Ser-73 in tissues and cultured cells
    J Liao
    Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    J Biol Chem 272:17565-73. 1997
    ..The low steady state levels of HK8 during mitosis, in contrast to stress and apoptosis, suggest that accumulation of HK8 may represent a physiologic stress marker for simple epithelia...
  22. ncbi Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of the initial post-hatching development of bovine embryos
    P Maddox-Hyttel
    Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Groennegaardsvej 7, DK 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
    Reproduction 125:607-23. 2003
    ..electron microscopy (n = 26) or immunohistochemistry (n = 27) for potential germ-layer characterization (cytokeratin 8 for potential ectoderm; alpha-1-fetoprotein for potential endoderm; and vimentin for potential mesoderm)...
  23. ncbi Immunotargeting with monoclonal cytokeratin 8 antibodies of human urothelial cancer transplanted to nude mice
    H Letocha
    Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    Acta Oncol 32:793-800. 1993
    ..A monoclonal murine IgG antibody was raised against cytokeratin 8 and labelled with iodine-125; normal murine IgG was used for control purposes...
  24. ncbi Characterization of distinct early assembly units of different intermediate filament proteins
    H Herrmann
    German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, D 69120, Germany
    J Mol Biol 286:1403-20. 1999
    ..The number of molecules per filament cross-section, as deduced from the MPL values, was lowest for CK8/18, i.e. 16 and 25 at two seconds compared to 16 and 21 at one hour...
  25. ncbi Comparative analysis of alternative and traditional immunohistochemical markers for the distinction of ovarian sertoli cell tumor from endometrioid tumors and carcinoid tumor: A study of 160 cases
    Chengquan Zhao
    Department of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 31:255-66. 2007
    ..Because traditional immunohistochemical markers [pan-cytokeratin (pan-CK), low molecular weight cytokeratin (CK8/18), epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), inhibin, calretinin, CD99, chromogranin, and synaptophysin] can ..
  26. ncbi Clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features of microglandular adenosis and transition into in situ and invasive carcinoma
    Ibrahim M Khalifeh
    Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 32:544-52. 2008
    ..All tumors had strong and diffuse CK8/18 and EGFR expression but no estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, HER2 (ie, triple negative), or CK5/6 ..
  27. ncbi Expression of the O-linked N-acetylglucosamine containing epitope H in normal myometrium and uterine smooth muscle cell tumors
    Markos N Sgantzos
    Department of Anatomy Histology Embryology, University of Thessaly Medical School, 22 Papakyriazi Street, Larissa 41222, Greece
    Pathol Res Pract 203:31-7. 2007
    ..The indirect immunoperoxidase method was applied using the mAbH and the monoclonal anti-cytokeratin 8 antibody (AbCK8) in 50 cases of typical uterine leiomyomas and in five cases of uterine leiomyosarcomas, with ..
  28. ncbi The possible role of cytokeratin 8 in cadmium-induced adaptation and carcinogenesis
    Andy T Y Lau
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, People s Republic of China
    Cancer Res 67:2107-13. 2007
    ..Interestingly, we showed that two intermediate filament proteins, cytokeratin 8 (CK8) and cytokeratin 14 (CK14), were increased significantly and stably maintained only in the adapted cells ..
  29. ncbi Expression of p53-related protein p63 in the gastrointestinal tract and in esophageal metaplastic and neoplastic disorders
    J N Glickman
    Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Hum Pathol 32:1157-65. 2001
    ..p63-positive cells in multilayered epithelium and in the mucosal gland duct epithelium were positive for CK8/18 (100%) and CK13 (67% and 30%, respectively) and negative for CK14 (0%), in contrast to p63-positive cells in ..
  30. ncbi Parachordoma: a case report
    R Separovic
    University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb, Croatia
    Tumori 87:207-10. 2001
    ..Immunohistochemistry showed positive staining of the tumor cells with cytokeratin 8/18, S-100 protein and vimentin. The patient is well and without recurrence 20 months after surgery.
  31. ncbi Expression and distribution of cytokeratin 8/18 intermediate filaments in bovine antral follicles and corpus luteum: an intrinsic mechanism of resistance to apoptosis?
    David H Townson
    University of New Hampshire, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Durham, NH 03824, USA
    Histol Histopathol 25:889-900. 2010
    ..Specifically, cytokeratin 8/18 (CK8/18) filaments are thought to impart resistance to apoptosis...
  32. ncbi Expression and distribution of intermediate-filament proteins and laminin during the development of the bovine Müllerian duct
    R A M Kenngott
    Lehrstuhl für Tieranatomie II, University of Munich, D 80539 Munich, Germany
    Anat Histol Embryol 37:223-30. 2008
    The expression pattern of several intermediate-filament proteins (vimentin, cytokeratin 8, 18 and 19) and the basal lamina component laminin was investigated in the Wolffian and the Müllerian ducts of bovine embryos and fetuses...
  33. ncbi Small guanosine triphospatase RhoA and Rho-associated kinase as regulators of trophoblast migration
    Shigetatsu Shiokawa
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181 8611, Japan
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:5808-16. 2002
    ..The colocalization of RhoA, cytokeratin 8/18, and cytokeratin 7 in some cells located in the decidual stromal region indicated that extravillous ..
  34. ncbi Anomalous apical plasma membrane phenotype in CK8-deficient mice indicates a novel role for intermediate filaments in the polarization of simple epithelia
    N A Ameen
    Deptartment of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    J Cell Sci 114:563-75. 2001
    ..In this work localization with anti-CK antibodies indicated that many Ck8-/- epithelia still form IF in CK8-deficient mice, perhaps because of the expression of the promiscuous CK7...
  35. ncbi Immunohistochemical study of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic and mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the upper aerodigestive tract
    H Tsubochi
    Department of Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Anticancer Res 20:1205-11. 2000
    ..ACC and mucoepidermoid carcinoma were immunopositive for CK8, CK14 and CK17 and for CK8, CK14, CK17 and CK19, respectively...
  36. ncbi Cytokeratin 8 functions as a major plasminogen receptor in select epithelial and carcinoma cells
    S L Gonias
    Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville VA 22908, USA
    Front Biosci 6:D1403-11. 2001
    b>Cytokeratin 8 (K8) is a member of the intermediate filament (IF) gene family expressed by simple epithelial cells and by some carcinoma cells...
  37. ncbi Fungiform taste bud degeneration in C57BL/6J mice following chorda-lingual nerve transection
    Nick A Guagliardo
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 4400, USA
    J Comp Neurol 504:206-16. 2007
    ..Fungiform taste buds were visualized and measured with the aid of cytokeratin 8. In control mice, taste buds were smaller and more abundant on the anterior tip (<1 mm) of the tongue...
  38. ncbi Isolation of genes differentially expressed between the Yoshida sarcoma and long-survival Yoshida sarcoma variants: origin of Yoshida sarcoma revisited
    H Tsuchiya
    Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, Tokyo
    Jpn J Cancer Res 85:1099-104. 1994
    ..The mRNAs of the other six genes (those encoding for cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin18 (Endo B), TIMP2 and three unknown sequences) were not found in YS, but were present in LYs...
  39. ncbi Cytokeratin expression patterns in normal and malignant urothelium: a review of the biological and diagnostic implications
    J Southgate
    ICRF Cancer Medicine Research Unit, Research School of Medicine, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
    Histol Histopathol 14:657-64. 1999
    ..The intensification of immunolabelling with some CK8 and CK18 antibodies may underly an active role in tumour invasion and foci of CK17-positive cells may represent ..
  40. ncbi Endolymphatic sac tumor associated with a von Hippel-Lindau disease patient: an immunohistochemical study
    H Horiguchi
    Department of Pathology, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Kuramoto, Tokushima, Japan
    Mod Pathol 14:727-32. 2001
    ..2, 34betaE-12, CK7, CK8 and CK19), but not for CK10/13 or CK20...
  41. ncbi Characterization of epithelial cells derived from periodontal ligament by gene expression patterns of bone-related and enamel proteins
    Noriyoshi Mizuno
    Department of Periodontal Medicine, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1 2 3, Kasumi, Minami Ku, Hiroshima 734 8553, Japan
    Cell Biol Int 29:111-7. 2005
    ..The mRNA expression patterns were determined by the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Cytokeratin 8 mRNA was expressed by oral epithelial cells but not oral mesenchymal cells...
  42. ncbi Proteomic analyses of intermediate filaments reveals cytokeratin8 is highly acetylated--implications for colorectal epithelial homeostasis
    Siân H Leech
    Human Nutrition Unit, Division of Clinical Sciences North, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
    Proteomics 8:279-88. 2008
    ..We report that CKs are highly acetylated in a colon cancer cell line, with five acetylation sites characterised on CK8 and a further one on CK18. Acetylation of CK8 is responsive to butyrate...
  43. ncbi Identification of six novel CC chemokines in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) implicated in the antiviral immune response
    A Cuesta
    Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal CISA INIA, Madrid, Spain
    Mol Immunol 47:1235-43. 2010
    ..have the highest identity, therefore we have designated the novel seabream CC chemokines as CK1, CK3, CK5, CK7, CK8 and CK10...
  44. ncbi [Clinicopathologic features of gallbladder adenocarcinoma with marked stromal fibrosis--a report of 19 cases]
    Yang Kun Wang
    Department of Pathology, The 150th Hospital of PLA, Luoyang, Henan, 471031, P R China
    Ai Zheng 25:896-900. 2006
    ..This research was to explore the clinicopathologic features of gallbladder adenocarcinoma with marked stromal fibrosis...
  45. ncbi Compensation of type I and type II cytokeratin pools in lung cancer
    Nobuhiro Kanaji
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
    Lung Cancer 55:295-302. 2007
    ..the largest family of intermediate filament proteins, and are subdivided into type I (CK9-CK23) and type II (CK1-CK8) subclasses...
  46. ncbi Diagnostic performance of the urinary bladder carcinoma antigen ELISA test and multiparametric DNA/cytokeratin flow cytometry in urine voided samples from patients with bladder carcinoma
    M Sanchez-Carbayo
    Servicio de Bioquimica, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Centro de Investigacion del Cancer Instituto mixto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer, Salamanca, Spain
    Cancer 92:2811-9. 2001
    ..of the current study was to comparatively analyze the sensitivity and specificity of flow cytometric DNA/cytokeratin 8/18 measurements and the urinary bladder carcinoma antigen (UBC) enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) ..
  47. ncbi Cytokeratin 8/18 is a useful immunohistochemical marker for hepatocellular proliferative lesions in mice
    Masaomi Kawai
    Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183 8509, Japan
    J Vet Med Sci 72:263-9. 2010
    ..and the livers were subjected to histological examinations on hematoxylin and eosin (HE) stained sections, CK8/18 immunohistochemistry and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) histochemistry...
  48. ncbi An immunohistochemical profile of giant cell carcinoma of the larynx
    Yesim Gurbuz
    Kocaeli University, Medical Faculty, Pathology Department, Kocaeli, Turkey
    Auris Nasus Larynx 34:413-6. 2007
    ..This report describes a case of a 62-year-old male with giant cell carcinoma of the larynx that presented as a neck mass and hoarseness...
  49. ncbi Immunohistochemical profile of common epithelial neoplasms arising in the kidney
    Mi Kyung Kim
    Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 10:332-8. 2002
    ..Both CD10 and VIM were predominantly expressed in CC and PC; E-CD in CPC, OC, and UC; CK7 in PC, CPC, and UC; CK8 and CK19 in CDC and UC; CK20 in UC; HCK in CDC and UC; and PL in CDC...
  50. ncbi P63 and cytokeratin8/18 expression in breast, atypical ductal hyperplasia, ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive duct carcinoma
    Maha M Shamloula
    The Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University
    J Egypt Natl Canc Inst 19:202-10. 2007
    ..This work was designed to study and compare the expression of p63 and cytokeratin 8/18 (CK8/18) in some cases of ADH, DCIS and IDC...
  51. ncbi Estrogen receptor-alpha-interacting cytokeratins potentiate the antiestrogenic activity of fulvestrant
    Xinghua Long
    Medical Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN, USA
    Cancer Biol Ther 9:389-96. 2010
    ..that fulvestrant-induced ERalpha degradation depends on the interaction of ERalpha with cytokeratins 8 and 18 (CK8/CK18). Here we further investigate the role of these two cytokeratins in the antagonistic activity of the SERD...
  52. ncbi Immunohistochemical characterization of cytokeratins in the abnormal corneal endothelium of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy patients
    Katerina Jirsova
    Ocular Tissue Bank, General Teaching Hospital and Charles University, U nemocnice 2, Prague 128 08, Czech Republic
    Exp Eye Res 84:680-6. 2007
    ..Both of these morphologically distinct cell types showed strong immunostaining for CK7, CK19, CK8 and CK18, while weaker positive signals were observed for CK1, CK3/12, CK4, CK5/6, CK10, CK10/13, CK14, CK16 and ..
  53. ncbi Relationship between nuclear grade of ductal carcinoma in situ and cell origin markers
    Ping Tang
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center Box 626, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    Ann Clin Lab Sci 36:16-22. 2006
    ..been sub-classified based on the expression of several cytokeratin markers as stem cells (CK5/6 +), luminal cells (CK8, CK18 +), and basal cells (CK14, CK17 +)...
  54. ncbi Analysis of sensitivity and specificity of cytokeratin 19 reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction for detection of occult breast cancer in bone marrow and leukapheresis products
    X Y Zhong
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 125:286-91. 1999
    ..The work aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the cytokeratin (CK) 19 reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the detection of occult breast cancer in bone marrow and leukapheresis products...
  55. ncbi Expression patterns of ER-alpha, PR, HER-2/neu, and EGFR in different cell origin subtypes of high grade and non-high grade ductal carcinoma in situ
    Ping Tang
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 626, Rochester, New York 14642 USA
    Ann Clin Lab Sci 36:137-43. 2006
    ..Using a panel of antibodies to ER-alpha, PR, HER-2/neu, and EGFR, along with cytokeratin (CK) markers (CK5/6, CK8, CK14, CK17, and CK18), we found that all 3 cell origin subtypes can express ER-alpha and PR, and their expression ..
  56. ncbi Genomic profiling of breast tumours in relation to BRCA abnormalities and phenotypes
    Olafur Andri Stefansson
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Vatnsmyrarvegur 16, Reykjavik, Iceland
    Breast Cancer Res 11:R47. 2009
    ..Somatic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 have not been found and the involvement of these genes in sporadic tumour development therefore remains unclear...
  57. ncbi Cytokeratin 8 protects from hepatotoxicity, and its ratio to cytokeratin 18 determines the ability of hepatocytes to form Mallory bodies
    K Zatloukal
    Department of Pathology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
    Am J Pathol 156:1263-74. 2000
    ..Here we report that mice lacking the CK8 gene and hence CK intermediate filaments in hepatocytes, but still expressing the type I partner, ie, the CK18 gene,..
  58. ncbi Active Wnt signalling is associated with low differentiation and high proliferation in human biliary tract cancer in vitro and in vivo and is sensitive to pharmacological inhibition
    Tobias Kiesslich
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburger Landeskliniken SALK, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Int J Oncol 36:49-58. 2010
    ..Further investigation of the mechanism(s) of Wnt pathway activation and its inhibition may provide new molecular treatment strategies for biliary tract cancer...
  59. ncbi Differential expression of cytokeratins 8 and 20 distinguishes craniopharyngioma from rathke cleft cyst
    Wei Xin
    Department of Pathology and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
    Arch Pathol Lab Med 126:1174-8. 2002
    ..Distinguishing craniopharyngioma from Rathke cleft cyst is sometimes difficult, and the distinction is clinically significant because Rathke cleft cysts have a better prognosis than craniopharyngiomas...
  60. ncbi [Expression of cytokeratins and ret in thyroid papillary carcinoma]
    Wei Xun Zhou
    Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 32:530-3. 2003
    ..To investigate the expression of cytokeratins and ret in thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC) and their diagnostic value...
  61. ncbi Primary intradural chordoma: report on three cases and review of the literature
    M Bergmann
    Department of Neuropathology, Klinikum Bremen Mitte, Bremen, Germany
    Clin Neuropathol 29:169-76. 2010
    ..In this case, only an incomplete tumor resection was possible but progression has not occurred for 5 years...
  62. ncbi Histopathologic classification of lung cancer: Relevance of cytokeratin and TTF-1 immunophenotyping
    Leif Johansson
    Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Ann Diagn Pathol 8:259-67. 2004
    ..tumors had the "lung-specific" phenotype CK5-/TTF-1+; all small cell carcinomas had the phenotype CK5-/CK8+/TTF-1+, all adenocarcinomas CK5-/CK7+/TTF-1+ and (more than 50%) of LCC CK5-/CK7+/TTF-1+...
  63. ncbi Proteomic assays for the detection of urothelial cancer
    Kris E Gaston
    Department of Urology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit1373, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 641:303-23. 2010
    ..literature include bladder tumor antigen, nuclear matrix protein 22, BLCA-4, hyaluronic acid, hyaluronidase, cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin 18, cytokeratin 19, tissue polypeptide antigen, and tissue polypeptide-specific antigen...
  64. ncbi Proteomic analysis of the major cellular proteins of bovine trophectoderm cell lines derived from IVP, parthenogenetic and nuclear transfer embryos: Reduced expression of annexins I and II in nuclear transfer-derived cell lines
    Neil C Talbot
    U S Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service USDA, ARS, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705 2350, United States
    Anim Reprod Sci 120:187-202. 2010
    ....
  65. ncbi Posterior Hox gene expression and differential androgen regulation in the developing and adult rat prostate lobes
    Liwei Huang
    Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Endocrinology 148:1235-45. 2007
    ..expressing the Hoxb13 gene, NRP-152 cells cultured under nondifferentiating conditions exhibited robust cytokeratin 8 immunostain indicating that Hoxb13 expression drives luminal cell differentiation in the rat epithelium...
  66. ncbi Secretory breast carcinomas with ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene belong to the basal-like carcinoma spectrum
    Marick Lae
    Service de Pathologie, Section Médicale, Institut Curie, Paris Cedex, France
    Mod Pathol 22:291-8. 2009
    ..PR, ERBB2, KIT, EGFR, E-cadherin, vimentin, PS100, smooth muscle actin, basal (CK5/6 and 14), luminal cytokeratins (CK8/18) and p63 antibodies...
  67. ncbi Cytokeratin expression patterns in the rat respiratory tract as markers of epithelial differentiation in inhalation toxicology. I. Determination of normal cytokeratin expression patterns in nose, larynx, trachea, and lung
    W K Schlage
    INBIFO Institut für biologische Forschung GmbH, Koln, Germany
    Toxicol Pathol 26:324-43. 1998
    ..Larynx: CK14, CK15 (basal, ciliated, nonciliated cells), CK8, CK18, CK19 (not in basal cells), CK4, and CK13 (cuboidal and squamoid cells of ventral half)...
  68. ncbi Identification of 5-fluorouracil response proteins in colorectal carcinoma cell line SW480 by two-dimensional electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
    Cesar Sze Chuen Wong
    Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P R China
    Oncol Rep 20:89-98. 2008
    ..Protein identification indicated that cyclophilin A, cytokeratin 19 (CK19), cytokeratin 8 (CK8), ras-related nuclear protein, heat shock protein 27 (hsp27) and peroxiredoxin 6 (Prx 6) were upregulated ..
  69. ncbi [A new way for isolation and cultivation of sweat gland ductal cells from human split-thickness skin in vitro]
    Yong hong Lei
    Key Research Laboratory for Wound Repair and Regeneration, First Hospital Affiliated to the General Hospital of the People s Liberation Army, Beijing 100048, China
    Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 47:1574-7. 2009
    ..To explore a new method of isolation and culture of eccrine sweat gland ductal cells from human split-thickness skin graft in vitro...
  70. ncbi Phenotypic evaluation of the basal-like subtype of invasive breast carcinoma
    Chad A Livasy
    Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7525, USA
    Mod Pathol 19:264-71. 2006
    ..for estrogen receptor (ER), HER2, EGFR, smooth muscle actin (SMA), p63, CD10, cytokeratin 5/6, cytokeratin 8/18, and vimentin was performed on 18 basal-like, 16 luminal, and 12 HER2+ tumors...
  71. ncbi Cytokeratins 8 and 18 in adult human corneal endothelium
    Stanislava Merjava
    Laboratory of the Biology and Pathology of the Eye, Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, General Teaching Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Exp Eye Res 89:426-31. 2009
    ..were applied before indirect immunofluorescent or enzymatic staining was performed with antibodies against CK8 (Chemicon), CK18 (Dako and Sigma) and CK8/18 (Novocastra)...
  72. ncbi Cytokeratin 8 and 18 expression in imprint smears of chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. A preliminary study
    Pauline Athanassiadou
    Cytology Unit, Pathology Laboratory, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
    Acta Cytol 51:61-5. 2007
    ..To investigate whether the expression of cytokeratin (CK) 8 and 18 is altered in chronic active viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma...
  73. ncbi Expression of cytokeratins (CKs) 8, 13 and 18 and their mRNA in epithelial linings of radicular cysts: implication for the same CK profiles as nasal columnar epithelium in squamous epithelial lining
    D P Lu
    Department of Oral Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Japan
    Oral Dis 8:30-6. 2002
    ..Our objective was to specify cytokeratin (CK) patterns in lining epithelia of radicular cysts which are sometime lined with ciliated columnar epithelia as seen in the nasal epithelia...
  74. ncbi Immunohistochemical profiling of cytokeratin expression by endometrial stroma sarcoma
    Patrick A Adegboyega
    Department of Pathology and Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    Hum Pathol 39:1459-64. 2008
    ..2 (CK8), CK19, CK20, and 34Ebeta12 (CK1, 5, 10, and 14)...
  75. ncbi Histopathological and molecular analysis of gastrectomy specimens from hereditary diffuse gastric cancer patients has implications for endoscopic surveillance of individuals at risk
    M E Barber
    MRC Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK
    J Pathol 216:286-94. 2008
    ..and evidence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was sought by immunohistochemistry for vimentin and cytokeratin 8/18. Four of eight patients had lesions detected at endoscopic surveillance. A median of 20...
  76. ncbi Cell-surface cytokeratin 8 is the major plasminogen receptor on breast cancer cells and is required for the accelerated activation of cell-associated plasminogen by tissue-type plasminogen activator
    T A Hembrough
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    J Biol Chem 271:25684-91. 1996
    b>Cytokeratin 8 (CK 8) has been identified on the external surfaces of viable, unpermeabilized epithelial cells (Hembrough, T. A., Vasudevan, J., Allietta, M. M., Glass, W. F., and Gonias, S. L. (1995) J. Cell Sci. 108, 1071-1082)...
  77. ncbi [Expression of epidermal fatty acid-binding protein in cross-species hepatocellular carcinoma]
    Jun Lin Shi
    Department of Experimental Pathology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
    Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 20:270-4. 2012
    ..To evaluate the utility of the cross-species screening strategy for investigating key molecule(s) involved in onset and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
  78. ncbi Identification and quantification of concentration-dependent biomarkers in MCF-7/BOS cells exposed to 17β-estradiol by 2-D DIGE and label-free proteomics
    Mike Collodoro
    Laboratory of Histology Cytology, GIGA R and CART, University of Liege, Allee de la Chimie 3, Sart Tilman, B 4000 Liege, Belgium
    J Proteomics 75:4555-69. 2012
    ..were up-regulated proteins, namely HSP 74, EF2, FKBP4, EF1 and GDIB and one was a down-regulated protein, namely K2C8. Three of these proteins, EF2, FKBP4 and K2C8 are implicated in a network centered on the estrogen receptors ESR1 ..
  79. ncbi Projected focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver with pronounced atypical ductular reaction resembling ductal plate and expressing KIT
    Tadashi Terada
    Department of Pathology, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
    Hepatol Res 42:721-6. 2012
    ..Immunohistochemically, the cells of DR were positive for cytokeratin (CK) AE1/3, CK CAM5.2, CK7, CK8, CK18, CK19, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CA19-9, Ki-67 (labeling = 3%) and KIT, but negative for CK20, p53, ..
  80. ncbi The histogenetic origin of cervical mesonephric hyperplasia and mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix studied with immunohistochemical methods
    G Lang
    Institut fur Pathologie, Mannheim, F R G
    Int J Gynecol Pathol 9:145-57. 1990
    ..filaments during ontogenesis, as well as in the mature, hyperplastic, and neoplastic states: they expressed cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin 13, and vimentin, the two latter in variable amounts...
  81. ncbi Steatohepatitis-inducing drugs trigger cytokeratin cross-links in hepatocytes. Possible contribution to Mallory-Denk body formation
    Marie Anne Robin
    INSERM U773, Centre de Recherche Bichat Beaujon CRB3, Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot, site Bichat, Paris, France
    Toxicol In Vitro 22:1511-9. 2008
    Mallory-Denk bodies (MDB) are hepatocyte inclusions containing cytokeratin 8 (CK8) which can develop, along with other steatohepatitis lesions, in patients treated with amiodarone, perhexiline maleate or 4,4'-diethylaminoethoxyhexestrol...
  82. ncbi CK8/18 expression, the basal phenotype, and family history in identifying BRCA1-associated breast cancer in the Ontario site of the breast cancer family registry
    Anna Marie Mulligan
    Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Cancer 117:1350-9. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the association of CK8/18 with BRCA1-associated tumors and if, by using CK8/18 and basal biomarkers in conjunction with morphologic ..
  83. ncbi Estrogen-initiated transformation of prostate epithelium derived from normal human prostate stem-progenitor cells
    Wen Yang Hu
    Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    Endocrinology 152:2150-63. 2011
    ..progenitor cells in chimeric tissues was confirmed by immunohistochemistry using epithelial cell markers (p63, cytokeratin 8/18, and androgen receptor), whereas human origin and functional differentiation were confirmed by expression ..
  84. ncbi Repeated exposure to acid and bile selectively induces colonic phenotype expression in a heterogeneous Barrett's epithelial cell line
    Manisha Bajpai
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Lab Invest 88:643-51. 2008
    ..were quantified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) using monoclonal antibodies against markers: cytokeratin 8/18 (CK8/18) for columnar, CK4 for squamous, mAbDas-1 for colonic epithelial cell phenotype and p75NTR for ..
  85. ncbi Quantity and quality of retrograde menstruation: a case control study
    Attila Bokor
    Leuven University Fertility Center, UZ Gasthuisberg, KULeuven, Belgium
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 7:123. 2009
    ....
  86. ncbi Differential regulation of two sets of mesonephric tubules by WT-1
    K Sainio
    Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Development 124:1293-9. 1997
    ..WT-1 therefore seems to be necessary for the mesenchyme to epithelium transitions at different stages of nephrogenesis...
  87. ncbi Molecular characterisation of breast cancer patients at high and low recurrence risk
    Serena Bonin
    Department of Clinical, Morphological and Technological Sciences, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
    Virchows Arch 452:241-50. 2008
    ..findings strongly demonstrate that retinoblastoma (RB) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) on one side and cytokeratin 8 (CK8) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) on the other may affect the clinical course of the disease ..
  88. ncbi Immunohistochemical profiling of Wilms tumor: a tissue microarray study
    Mohammad Vasei
    Department of Pathology, Shiraz University, Medical School, Shiraz, Iran
    Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 16:128-34. 2008
    ..This tissue microarray study was designed to investigate the immunohistochemical features that may prove useful in the accurate diagnosis of WT in small biopsy samples...
  89. ncbi Intraepidermal adenocarcinoma in the perianal skin of two cats, a condition resembling human extramammary Paget's disease
    Ann M Hargis
    DermatoDiagnostics, Edmonds, Washington, USA
    Vet Dermatol 19:31-7. 2008
    ..The atypical intraepidermal cells in the cats were immunohistochemically positive for cytokeratin 8/18 (CK8/18), which stains simple (glandular) epithelium...
  90. ncbi Surface-affinity profiling to identify host-pathogen interactions
    Annemarie Boleij
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity and Radboud University Centrefor Oncology of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P O Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Infect Immun 79:4777-83. 2011
    ..Of these potential receptors for bacterial interference, (cyto)keratin-8 (CK8) was verified as the most significant hit, and its surface localization was investigated by subcellular ..
  91. ncbi Expression of cytokeratin markers, ER-alpha, PR, HER-2/neu, and EGFR in pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and DCIS with co-existing invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast
    Sharon Steinman
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    Ann Clin Lab Sci 37:127-34. 2007
    ..basal/stem, and null) based on the expression of 5 cytokeratin (CK) markers: CK5/6, CK14, CK17 (stem/basal), and CK8, CK18 (luminal)...
  92. ncbi New sarcomatoid cancer cell line SAR-HCV established from a hepatitis C virus-related liver tumour lesion
    Dar In Tai
    Liver Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
    Anticancer Res 31:129-37. 2011
    ..Hepatocyte paraffin 1 protein and certain cytokeratin markers, CK8, CK18 and AE1/AE3 were not detected in cultured cells, but were focally positive in the tumour lesion and ..
  93. ncbi The transcription factor ATF3 acts as an oncogene in mouse mammary tumorigenesis
    Aijin Wang
    Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, USA
    BMC Cancer 8:268. 2008
    ..CK5 is known to be expressed in myoepithelial cells of the mammary gland, suggesting the possibility that transgenic BK5.ATF3 mice may exhibit mammary gland phenotypes...
  94. ncbi Keratin variants predispose to acute liver failure and adverse outcome: race and ethnic associations
    Pavel Strnad
    Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    Gastroenterology 139:828-35, 835.e1-3. 2010
    ..However, K8/K18 variant-associated susceptibility to acute liver injury, which is well-described in animal models, has not been studied in humans...
  95. ncbi [Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: clinical, histological and immunohistochemical characterization]
    Florence Defaud-Hénon
    Universite Bordeaux 2, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    Ann Pathol 30:7-16. 2010
    ..Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the Breast is a rare tumour (less than 1 % of all breast carcinomas). The aim of this study was to determine the clinical, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics of these tumours...
  96. ncbi Differential expression level of cytokeratin 8 in cells of the bovine nucleus pulposus complicates the search for specific intervertebral disc cell markers
    Audrey Gilson
    Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK
    Arthritis Res Ther 12:R24. 2010
    ..Stem cells, particularly mesenchymal stem cells, are seen as a potential source but differentiation strategies are limited by the lack of specific markers that can distinguish disc cells from articular chondrocytes...
  97. ncbi Akt isoforms regulate intermediate filament protein levels in epithelial carcinoma cells
    Anne Marie Fortier
    Department of Chemistry Biology, University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada G9A 5H7
    FEBS Lett 584:984-8. 2010
    ..To our knowledge, these results represent the first indication that Akt isoforms regulate IF expression and support the hypothesis that IFs are involved in PI3K/Akt pathway...
  98. ncbi Mapping of bovine cytokeratin sequences to four different sites on three chromosomes
    R Fries
    Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland
    Cytogenet Cell Genet 57:135-41. 1991
    ..KRT19) and over region 5q14----q23 after hybridization with probes for the class II gene subfamily (KRT1, KRT5, and KRT8)...
  99. ncbi [Cloning and expression of human keratin 8 gene cDNA in E.coli]
    Wei Li
    Department of Immunology and Pathogen Biology, Medical School of Xi an Jiaotong University, Xi an 710061, China
    Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi 26:41-3. 2010
    ..To clone and express human keratin 8 gene cDNA in E.coli...
  100. ncbi Cytokeratin expression during mouse embryonic and early postnatal mammary gland development
    Peng Sun
    Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 1700, USA
    Histochem Cell Biol 133:213-21. 2010
    ..and immunohistochemistry to systematically compare the expression of cytokeratin 5 (K5), cytokeratin 6 (K6), cytokeratin 8 (K8), cytokeratin 14 (K14) and cytokeratin 19 (K19) in embryonic and early postnatal mouse mammary glands...
  101. ncbi Changing patterns of keratin expression during progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
    F Smedts
    Department of Pathology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Am J Pathol 136:657-68. 1990
    ..Furthermore, CIN III shows a more extensive expression of keratins typical of simple epithelia, ie, keratins 8 and 18, as compared to CIN I and CIN II...

Research Grants40

  1. Stem Cell Therapy for Hemophilia A
    Catherine Verfaillie; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Specific Aim 4: We will characterize the immune rejection fVIII following transplantation hfVIII transduced mMAPC in hemophilic mice. ..
  2. APICAL IF MEDIATE POST-ISCHEMIA RECOVERY IN EPITHELIA
    Pedro Salas; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Furthermore, using a transgenic knock-out of the CK8 gene, he have demonstrated that the terminal web is indeed required for apical polarity...
  3. EARLY DETECT/CHARACTERIZATION OF TUMOR CELLS IN BLOOD
    Jonathan Uhr; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ....
  4. Core--Cell culture and physiology
    Karen Ridge; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  5. Targeted Nanoparticle DNA Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
    Janet A Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Targeted nanotherapy, used alone or as an adjuvant therapy, should lead to a more effective treatment for patients with metastatic ovarian cancer. ..
  6. Targeting Nanoparticle DNA Delivery to Prostate Tumors
    Janet A Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  7. Effects of Hypoxia on Alveolar Epithelial Cytoskeleton
    Karen Ridge; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..abstract_text> ..
  8. Targeting Nanoparticle DNA Delivery to Prostate Tumors
    Janet Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  9. Interactions of herpes simplex virus with nectin-1 at cell junctions
    Claude Krummenacher; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..By identifying new requirements for virus entry in the host, this study will provide targets for novel therapeutic approaches to interfere with this process. ..
  10. ANTIBODIES IN PATHOGENESIS OF HIV-1 TROMBOCYTOPENIA
    Henrik Ditzel; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..He will also look for molecular mimicry with foreign Ag's. ..
  11. ANTIBODIES IN PATHOGENESIS OF AUTOIMMUNE NEUTROPENIA
    Henrik Ditzel; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..3) Determine the pathogenesis of the cloned antibodies by generating intact human IgG1 antibodies from the cloned Fab fragments and testing for their ability to sensitize neutrophils by promoting ingestion by macrophages in vitro. ..
  12. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF GBS ADHERENCE TO FIBRONECTIN
    GLEN TAMURA; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..These studies will allow for identification of the structural gene(s) for fibronectin adhesin(s). ..
  13. Targeted Death of Prostatic Cancer Cells
    Janet Sawicki; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..We expect our investigations will lead to the development of a novel gene therapy for prostate cancer patients that will effectively arrest the development of recurrent tumors. ..
  14. ANTIBODIES IN PATHOGENESIS OF HIV-1 TROMBOCYTOPENIA
    Henrik Ditzel; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..He will also look for molecular mimicry with foreign Ag's. ..
  15. Effects of Hypoxia on Alveolar Epithelial Cytoskeleton
    Karen M Ridge; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....