Article
Selective interactions between prostate fibroblast and epithelial cells in co-culture maintain the BPH phenotype.
Urologia internationalis - 1 Oct 1998
Bayne C W, Ross M, Donnelly F, Chapman K, Buck C, Bollina P, Habib F K
Abstract excerpt
Paracrine interactions between primary cultured prostate epithelial cells and stromal fibroblasts were investigated in relation to morphology, growth, androgen sensitivity and secretory activities using co-cultures in which the two populations were separated by a microporous membrane. In this new...
Topics
- Cell Communication
- Cell Division
- Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase
- Coculture Techniques
- Culture Media, Conditioned
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Epithelial Cells
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
