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. 2012 Feb;46(2):196–206. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0071OC

TABLE 1.

CHARACTERIZATION OF PLEURAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS

Cell Line MeT5A REN HPMC RPMC
uPAR + ++ + +
LRP-1 + ++ ++
Primary cell + +

Definition of abbreviations: HPMC = human pleural mesothelial cell; LRP-1 = lipoprotein receptor–related protein 1; RPMC = rabbit pleural mesothelial cell; uPAR = urokinase plasminogen activator receptor.