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Transforming growth factor beta 1 induces squamous carcinoma cell variants with increased metastatic abilities and a disorganized cytoskeleton.
Experimental cell research - 1 Nov 1998
Frontelo P, González-Garrigues M, Vilaró S, Gamallo C, Fabra A, Quintanilla M
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies indicated that mouse transformed keratinocytes undergo an epithelial-fibroblastic conversion when cultured in the presence of TGF-beta1. This conversion is associated in vivo with a squamous-spindle carcinoma transition. We derived epithelioid (A6, FPA6) and spindle (B5) clonal cell variants from a squamous carcinoma cell line (PDV) after treatment with TGF-beta1. FPA6 cells were isolated from...
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