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