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Brain tumor stem cells maintain overall phenotype and tumorigenicity after in vitro culturing in serum-free conditions.
Neuro-oncology - 1 Dec 2010
Vik-Mo Einar Osland, Sandberg Cecilie, Olstorn Havard, Varghese Mercy, Brandal Petter, Ramm-Pettersen Jon, Murrell Wayne, Langmoen Iver Arne
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Traditional in vitro culturing of tumor cells has been shown to induce changes so that cultures no longer represent the tumor of origin. Serum-free culturing conditions are used in a variety of cancers to propagate stem-like cells in vitro. Limited reports, however, exist on the effects of such propagation. We have compared cells from brain tumor biopsies cultivated under serum-free conditions at passages 2 and...
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