Article
Potentiation of metastatic capacity by transforming growth factor-beta 1 gene transfection.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Jun 1993
Ueki N, Ohkawa T, Yokoyama Y, Maeda J, Kawai Y, Ikeda T, Amuro Y, Hada T, Higashino K
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to assess whether the excessive secretion of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) by Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with TGF-beta 1 gene may be linked to the development of a metastatic phenotype. We observed large numbers of metastatic colonies in the lungs of nude mice inoculated with the transfected CHO cells. The tumors derived from these transfected cells...
Topics
- Animals
- CHO Cells
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cricetinae
- Female
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Neoplasm Metastasis