Phenotypic variations and differential migration of NIH:OVCAR-3 ovarian carcinoma cells isolated from athymic mice.

doi:10.1007/BF00132204

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Phenotypic variations and differential migration of NIH:OVCAR-3 ovarian carcinoma cells isolated from athymic mice.

Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 May 1995

Veatch A L, Carson L F, Ramakrishnan S

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Transplantation of the human ovarian adenocarcinoma cell line, NIH:OVCAR-3 into athymic mice produces two morphologically distinct tumor cell populations (ascites and solid tumors). In the present study, we isolated both tumor cell phenotypes and investigated their relative malignant potential. S...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Animals
Ascites
Cell Division
Cell Movement
Cytoskeleton
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Nude
Neoplasm Transplantation
Ovarian Neoplasms
Phenotype
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Vimentin

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