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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2011 Aug;121(8):1687–1701. doi: 10.1002/lary.21856

Table II.

Staining Characteristics by Cell Type

Cell Type Structural
Components
Transcription
Factors
Signaling/Metabolic
Activity/Adhesion
HBC K5, K17, pankeratin p63, Pax6, Sox2 EGFr
GBC Mash1, Notch1, Sox2
Immature OSN Tuj-1 Golf, NCAM, PGP9.5
Mature OSN Tuj-1 Golf, NCAM, PGP95, OMP
Sustentacular Cells K18, pankeratin Hes1, Pax6, Sox2 E-Cad, EGFr
Bowman's Duct/Glands K18, pankeratin Pax6, Sox9 E-Cad
Ciliated Respiratory Beta-Tubulin IV