Article
Human breast carcinoma cell lines: ultrastructural, genotypic, and immunocytochemical characterization.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Mehta R R, Bratescu L, Graves J M, Hart G D, Shilkaitis A, Green A, Beattie C W, Das Gupta T K
Abstract excerpt
Two new breast carcinoma cell lines, designated as UISO-BCA-1 and UISO-BCA-2, have been established from pleural effusions of postmenopausal women. Both cell lines show properties of mammary epithelial cells, such as positive immunoreactivity to cytokeratins and human milk fat globulin, presence...
Topics
- Aged
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Desmosomes
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Karyotyping
- Keratins
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Microscopy, Electron
