## Abstract There is evidence that the shape of cells and their contact with a matrix direct the growth and the differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. Cells in 3D culture resemble the in vivo situation more closely than do those in conventional 2D cultures. We have studied the interaction
EFFECT OF SERUM WITHDRAWAL ON THE PROLIFERATION OF B16F10 MELANOMA CELLS
✍ Scribed by Clara Rodriguez-Ayerbe; Isabel Smith-Zubiaga
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1065-6995
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
B16F10 murine melanoma cell proliferation was inhibited after 48h in medium with serum in the range 0.1 to 0.5% by volume. Cell viability was mostly retained, whereas cells completely deprived of serum died. Growth‐arrested cultures showed serum‐dependent suppression of DNA synthesis. The response was typically that of a ‘cell cycle freeze’, verified by flow cytometric distribution of cells. Consequently, serum deprivation did not lead to synchony when serum was restored to arrested populations. Furthermore, there was no change in PCNA expression in arrested cells.
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