Article
Model cell culture system for defining the molecular and biochemical events mediating terminal differentiation of human melanoma cells.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Feb 2009
Staudt Michelle R, Depass Anthony L, Sarkar Devanand, Fisher Paul B
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells are commonly less differentiated than their normal progenitors; a phenotype that correlates with loss of specialized functions and an increased capability to self-renew. Melanoma is an ideal model to analyze cancer progression and differentiation since a well-characterized process of step-wise tumor progression has been defined. Our lab previously described a combinatorial in vitro treatment protocol...
Topics
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation
- Cluster Analysis
- Diterpenes
- Enzyme Activators
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
