The invasion potentials of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines: correlation between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics.

  • Authors:
    • N Koike
    • T Todoroki
    • T Kawamoto
    • S Yoshida
    • H Kashiwagi
    • K Fukao
    • T Ohno
    • T Watanabe
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  • Published online on: December 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.13.6.1269
  • Pages: 1269-1343
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Abstract

The abilities of 9 kinds of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines to invade through basement membrane or type I collagen were examined using an in vitro invasion assay system. The correlations between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics of the carcinoma cells in 3 dimensional collagen gel were also examined. most of the biliary tract carcinoma cell lines kept the abilities of glandular differentiation and basement membrane formation of the original tumor. Their invasiveness, however, correlated with the degree of in vitro morphologic differentiation regardless of their original morphology.

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Koike N, Todoroki T, Kawamoto T, Yoshida S, Kashiwagi H, Fukao K, Ohno T and Watanabe T: The invasion potentials of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines: correlation between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics.. Int J Oncol 13: 1269-1343, 1998
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Koike, N., Todoroki, T., Kawamoto, T., Yoshida, S., Kashiwagi, H., Fukao, K. ... Watanabe, T. (1998). The invasion potentials of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines: correlation between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics.. International Journal of Oncology, 13, 1269-1343. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.13.6.1269
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Koike, N., Todoroki, T., Kawamoto, T., Yoshida, S., Kashiwagi, H., Fukao, K., Ohno, T., Watanabe, T."The invasion potentials of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines: correlation between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics.". International Journal of Oncology 13.6 (1998): 1269-1343.
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Koike, N., Todoroki, T., Kawamoto, T., Yoshida, S., Kashiwagi, H., Fukao, K., Ohno, T., Watanabe, T."The invasion potentials of human biliary tract carcinoma cell lines: correlation between invasiveness and morphologic characteristics.". International Journal of Oncology 13, no. 6 (1998): 1269-1343. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.13.6.1269