Article
A scatter factor-like factor is produced by a metastatic variant of a rat bladder carcinoma cell line.
Journal of cell science - 1 May 1994
Bellusci S, Moens G, Thiery J P, Jouanneau J
Abstract excerpt
The rat bladder carcinoma epithelial NBT-II cell line undergoes, in vitro, a morphological transition to a fibroblast-like state in the presence of different growth factors. We have selected, in vivo, a metastatic clone, designated M-NBT-II, which has a mesenchymal phenotype and secretes into the...
Topics
- Animals
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
