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Androgen responsiveness of the new human endometrial cancer cell line MFE-296.
International journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1994
Hackenberg R, Beck S, Filmer A, Hushmand Nia A, Kunzmann R, Koch M, Slater E P, Schulz K D
Abstract excerpt
MFE-296 endometrial cancer cells express androgen receptors in vitro. These cells, which are tumorigenic in nude mice, are derived from a moderately differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma. They express vimentin and the cytokeratins 7, 8, 18, and 19. Karyotyping revealed near-tetraploidy for most of the cells. No marker chromosomes were observed. DNA analyses confirmed the genetic identity of the cell...
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