Three-dimensional co-culture models to study prostate cancer growth, progression, and metastasis to bone

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 353-364

  Wang, Ruoxiang ^a   Xu, Jianchun ^a   Juliette, Lisa ^c   Castilleja, Agapito ^c   Love, John ^b   Sung, Shian Ying ^a   Zhau, Haiyen E ^a   Goodwin, Thomas J ^b   Chung, Leland W K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional cell culture; Bone mineralization; Cancer metastasis; Cancer stromal interaction; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Prostate cancer bone metastasis

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; BONE MINERAL; CANCER CELL; CELL INTERACTION; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23844475131     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2005.05.005     Document Type: Review

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