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Establishment and characterization of a rat lung adenocarcinoma cell line with low malignant potential.
Cancer letters - 10 Jan 2005
Tsujiuchi Toshifumi, Mori Toshio, Amanuma Toshihiro, Tanaka Nobuko, Tsutsumi Masahiro
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To investigate characteristic of lung adenocarcinoma growth behavior, we have established a cell line (rat lung cancer in Nara (RLCNR)) from a tumor induced by N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) in a rat. This clone shows an epithelial cell morphology and grows as sheets in culture with an approximate doubling time of 19.2 h. Ultrastructurally, the RLCNR contains lamellar bodies in cytoplasm and the...
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