Invasiveness of human pleural mesothelioma cells is influenced in vitro by the three-dimensional structure of the ECM and its composition

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-424

  Ehlers, E M ^a   Bakhshandeh, A ^a   Wiedemann, G J ^b   Kuhnel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Oberschwaben Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell contacts; Collagen I; Invasiveness; Matrigel ; Pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MESOTHELIUM; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PLATING MEDIUM; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SYNCYTIUM; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0036745680     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(02)80072-3     Document Type: Article

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