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MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 - pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma cell lines with neuroendocrine differentiation and somatostatin receptors.
Scientific reports - 17 Feb 2016
Gradiz Rui, Silva Henriqueta C, Carvalho Lina, Botelho Maria Filomena, Mota-Pinto Anabela
Abstract excerpt
Studies using cell lines should always characterize these cells to ensure that the results are not distorted by unexpected morphological or genetic changes possibly due to culture time or passage number. Thus, the aim of this study was to describe those MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 cell line phenotype and genotype characteristics that may play a crucial role in pancreatic cancer therapeutic assays, namely neuroendocrine...
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