Effect of estradiol and tamoxifen on the anchorage-independent growth of the subpopulations derived from MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells: Cytogenetic analysis of the stem cell subpopulation
The MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell line can be separated by Percoll density gradient centrifugation into several subpopulations, A to F, one of which (E) has been previously suggested to be highly enriched in stem cells. The anchorage-independent growth of the different fractions and its sensitivity to...
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1988
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00144827_v179_n1_p58_Podhajcer http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00144827_v179_n1_p58_Podhajcer |
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| Sumario: | The MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell line can be separated by Percoll density gradient centrifugation into several subpopulations, A to F, one of which (E) has been previously suggested to be highly enriched in stem cells. The anchorage-independent growth of the different fractions and its sensitivity to estradiol (E2) and tamoxifen (TAM) was assayed. The anchorage-independent growth capacity of the different fractions was E>A>B> D>C,F. The E fraction had the highest clonogenic index (6.62 ± 1.18) and was unaffected by E2 or TAM. The karyotypic analysis of the E fraction revealed features similar to those of the unfractionated cell line. It is suggested that the high growth rate of fraction E is due to an enrichment in stem cells and not to the existence of a different clone. © 1988. |
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