Review Article
Cigarette Smoke Induced Lung Barrier Dysfunction, EMT, and Tissue Remodeling: A Possible Link between COPD and Lung Cancer
Table 1
Comparison of epithelial endothelial and mesenchymal cells.
| | Epithelial cell | Endothelial cell | Mesenchymal cell |
| junctions | AJs, TJs, Desmosomes w/E-cadherin | AJs, limited TJs, W/VE-cadherin | - | Barrier function | ++ | + | - | Intermediate filament | Cytokeratin | Vimentin | Vimentin | Markers | Claudins Occludins Cytokeratin Mucin-1 E-cadherin | CD31 VE-cadherin VEGFR Tie | α-SMA vimentin FSP1 Vitronectin |
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