Article
Phenotypic characterization of immortalized normal and primary tumor-derived human prostate epithelial cell cultures.
The Prostate - 1 Jul 2000
Schwab T S, Stewart T, Lehr J, Pienta K J, Rhim J S, Macoska J A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cell lines can provide powerful model systems for the study of human tumorigenesis. However, the human prostate cancer cell lines studied most intensively by investigators (PC3, DU145, and LNCaP) were established from metastatic lesions, and it is unlikely that they accurately recapitulate the genetic composition or biological behavior of primary prostate tumors. Cell lines more appropriate for the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Division
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Culture Media, Serum-Free
- Epithelial Cells
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Indicators and Reagents
- Male
- Metribolone
- Mice
