Characterization of a novel cell line from pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with myoepithelial phenotype and producing interleukin-6 as an autocrine growth factor.

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A cell line was obtained from a primary culture of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland in a 24-year-old woman. The cells of the line (PA 16/23) grew spontaneously in minimal culture conditions and showed stable morphologic characteristics over 30 passages. PA 16/23 cells had immunophenotypic and ultrastructural features similar to those of transformed myoepithelial cells, which are regarded as the...

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