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Dichloroacetate and trichloroacetate promote clonal expansion of anchorage-independent hepatocytes in vivo and in vitro.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Jun 1998
Stauber A J, Bull R J, Thrall B D
Abstract excerpt
Dichloroacetate (DCA) and trichloroacetate (TCA) are hepatocarcinogenic by-products of water chlorination and metabolites of several industrial solvents. To determine whether DCA and TCA promote the clonal expansion of anchorage-independent liver cells in vitro, a modification of the soft agar assay (over agar assay) was utilized to quantitate growth and analyze phenotype of anchorage-independent hepatocellular...
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