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A comprehensive panel of three-dimensional models for studies of prostate cancer growth, invasion and drug responses.
PloS one - 3 May 2010
Härmä Ville, Virtanen Johannes, Mäkelä Rami, Happonen Antti, Mpindi John-Patrick, Knuuttila Matias, Kohonen Pekka, Lötjönen Jyrki, Kallioniemi Olli, Nees Matthias
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Prostate epithelial cells from both normal and cancer tissues, grown in three-dimensional (3D) culture as spheroids, represent promising in vitro models for the study of normal and cancer-relevant patterns of epithelial differentiation. We have developed the most comprehensive panel of miniaturized prostate cell culture models in 3D to date (n = 29), including many non-transformed and most currently available...
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