Are primary cultures realistic models of prostate cancer?
- 4 November 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 91 (1) , 185-195
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.10691
Abstract
Primary cultures fill a unique niche among the repertoire of in vitro model systems available to investigate the biology of the normal and malignant human prostate. This review summarizes some of the properties of primary cultures, with special emphasis on two questions: are primary cultures from adenocarcinomas really comprised of cancer rather than normal cells, and do primary cultures faithfully retain characteristics of cells of origin?Keywords
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