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Normal breast epithelial cells induce apoptosis of MCF-7 breast cancer cells through a p53-mediated pathway.
Molecular cell biology research communications : MCBRC - 1 Jun 2000
Toillon R A, Adriaenssens E, Wouters D, Lottin S, Boilly B, Hondermarck H, Bourhis X L
Abstract excerpt
Cancer development depends not only on the nature of the tumor cells themselves but also on the regulatory effects of various normal cells. The present study was performed to better understand the mechanism by which normal breast epithelial cells (NBEC) can control the growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. When MCF-7 cells were treated with NBEC conditioned medium, cell growth was inhibited in a...
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