Phenotypic identity of gastric mucous neck cells and mucous cells of cardiac, pyloric, and Brunner's glands.

Abstract

The tissue component identified (designated here as antigen D10) seems to be characteristic of certain differentiated epithelial cells derived from that part of foregut giving rise to stomach, duodenum, and biliary and pancreatic ducts. The antibody will be of use in investigating pathological processes involving tissue differentiation at these sites, and in the oesophagus and intestines.