Article
Suppression of tumorigenicity in human teratocarcinoma cell line PA-1 by introduction of chromosome 4.
Cancer research - 15 May 1994
McGowan-Jordan I J, Speevak M D, Blakey D, Chevrette M
Abstract excerpt
Teratocarcinomas are tumors that develop spontaneously in the gonads and usually contain a rapidly dividing, undifferentiated stem cell population. Immature ovarian teratocarcinomas are highly malignant with only 30-60% of patients surviving for 2 years after diagnosis. We have used microcell fusion to introduce individually tagged normal human chromosomes into the PA-1 human teratocarcinoma cell line....
Topics
- Animals
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Hybrid Cells
- Karyotyping
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Phenotype
