2000
Microvillus Inclusion Disease: A Genetic Defect Affecting Apical Membrane Protein Traffic in Intestinal Epithelium
Ameen N, Salas P. Microvillus Inclusion Disease: A Genetic Defect Affecting Apical Membrane Protein Traffic in Intestinal Epithelium. Traffic 2000, 1: 76-83. PMID: 11208062, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2000.010111.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrovillus inclusion diseaseApical membrane trafficMembrane protein trafficVacuolar apical compartmentApical membrane markersMicrovillus inclusionsF-actin layerBasolateral proteinsFirst genetic defectMembrane trafficTissue culture epithelial cellsProtein trafficApical exocytosisLater stepsApical membraneMembrane markersTerminal webImmunofluorescence analysisApical cytoplasmGenetic defectsEpithelial cellsProteinApical compartmentIntestinal epitheliumNormal microtubules
1995
A unique subset of rat and human intestinal villus cells express the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Ameen N, Ardito T, Kashgarian M, Marino C. A unique subset of rat and human intestinal villus cells express the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Gastroenterology 1995, 108: 1016-1023. PMID: 7535272, DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90198-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal small intestineCrypt epithelial cellsVillus cellsSmall intestineHuman proximal small intestineCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorEpithelial cellsSurface marker expressionFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorBrush border sucraseTransmembrane conductance regulatorIntestinal villus cellsBACKGROUND/Marker antibodiesMarker expressionUnique subsetVillus enterocytesConductance regulatorIntestineLactase expressionBrush border