Table 1

Phenotypic traits of normal human breast myoepithelial cells

Myoepithelial markers
Ref.

CK5
[75]
CK14
[85]
CK17
[77]
BG3C8
[86]
Vimentin
[20]
GFA
[87]
α-Smooth muscle actin
[88]
Smooth muscle-MHC
[89]
Calponin
[89]
CALLA
[90]
Thy-1
[15]
P-cadherin
[91]
α1 Integrin
[89]
α6 integrin
[92]
β4 integrin
[93]
Connexin-43
[94]
bFGF
[55]
Laminin
[95]
Maspin
[68]
Methallothionein
[96]

Adapted from Ronnov-Jessen and coworkers [1].

Adriance et al. Breast Cancer Research 2005 7:190   doi:10.1186/bcr1286