MCF-7 human breast cancer cells form differentiated microtissues in scaffold-free hydrogels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Vantangoli, Marguerite M ^a   Madnick, Samantha J ^a   Huse, Susan M ^a   Weston, Paula ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 8; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN; HYDROGEL; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MESENCHYME CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MCF-7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; KERATINS; MCF-7 CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84943149860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135426     Document Type: Article

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