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Establishment of a cell line with phenotypes of chondrocyte from a human osteogenic sarcoma of the mandible.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Aug 2000
Yagami K, Kakuta S, Tachibana H, Kimura Y, Nagumo M
Abstract excerpt
We have succeeded in transplanting a human osteogenic sarcoma of the mandible into athymic mice. The transplanted tumor showed marked chondrogenesis and mineralization. Recently, a cell line (USAC) with phenotypes of chondrocyte has been established from the transplanted tumor. USAC cells were stellate or spindle-shaped in sparse culture, but polygonal or spherical at sub-confluency to confluency. In long-term...
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