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Malignant transformation of NIH-3T3 cells after subcutaneous co-injection with a reconstituted basement membrane (matrigel).
International journal of cancer - 9 Jul 1992
Fridman R, Sweeney T M, Zain M, Martin G R, Kleinman H K
Abstract excerpt
NIH-3T3 cells are non-tumorigenic when injected into athymic mice. If these cells are mixed with an extract of basement-membrane proteins (matrigel) and injected s.c., they form locally invasive and highly vascularized tumors. Cells cultured from the NIH-3T3-matrigel-induced tumors showed a transformed phenotype and lacked contact inhibition. When cultured in a gel of matrigel, they proliferated and formed...
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