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Immortalization of human urothelial cells by human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 genes in a defined serum-free system.
Cell proliferation - 1 Apr 2007
Carmean N, Kosman J W, Leaf E M, Hudson A E, Opheim K E, Bassuk J A
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UNLABELLED: Normal human epithelial cell cultures exhibit a limited (although different between tissues) lifespan in vitro. In previous studies, urothelial cell cultures were immortalized using retroviral transformation with human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 genes, in undefined culture systems containing serum or bovine pituitary extract. OBJECTIVE: Due to the variability of results in such systems, we...
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