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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 culture medium a factor able to dissociate epithelial clusters of NBT-II or MDCK cells. This factor was designated...
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