Human epidermal Langerhans cells express the tight junction protein claudin-1 and are present in human genetic claudin-1 deficiency (NISCH syndrome)

Differences in expression patterns of th

Differences in expression patterns of the tight junction proteins,claudin 1, 3, 4 and 5, in human ovarian surface epithelium as compared to epithelia in inclusion cysts and epithelial ovarian tumours

✍ Yihong Zhu; Mats Brännström; P.-O. Janson; Karin Sundfeldt 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 459 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract Human ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), regarded as the precursor cell of epithelial ovarian adenocarcinoma, is not a fully developed epithelium when situated on the ovarian surface. It lacks epithelial characteristics such as the cell–cell adhesion factor epithelial (E)‐cadherin, but a