Article
Use of epithelial cell cultures for studies on the mechanism of transformation by chemical carcinogens.
In vitro - 1 Jan 2000
Weinstein I B, Yamaguchi N, Gebert R, Kaighn M E
Abstract excerpt
Evidence is reviewed for and against four major theories of chemical carcinogenesis. The development of several normal and transformed epithelial cell lines which should be useful for the analysis of this problem is described. The detection of RNA viral particles in cells transformed with chemical carcinogens is a recurrent finding in studies from our own and other laboratories, but the significance of these...
Topics
- Carcinogens
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Liver Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Oncogenic Viruses
- Temperature
