Human cancer cell lines: fact and fantasy

被引:236
作者
Masters, JRW [1 ]
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[1] UCL, Inst Urol, London W1W 7EY, England
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10.1038/35043102
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Cancer cell lines are used in many biomedical research laboratories. Why, then, are they often described as unrepresentative of the cells from which they were derived? Here, I argue that they have been unjustly accused. Under the right conditions, and with appropriate controls, property authenticated cancer cell lines retain the properties of the cancers of origin.
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