Article
Selective interactions between mammary epithelial cells and fibroblasts in co-culture.
International journal of cancer - 15 Oct 1994
Adam L, Crepin M, Lelong J C, Spanakis E, Israel L
Abstract excerpt
Paracrine interactions between breast-cancer cells (MCF7) and stromal fibroblasts were studied in relation to the presence of steroid hormones, using co-cultures in which the 2 populations were separated by a microporous membrane. Densities and DNA-synthesis rates of the co-existing populations w...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Breast
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- Cathepsin D
- Cell Communication
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Prognosis
- Receptors, Estrogen
- Receptors, Progesterone