Spheres derived from lung adenocarcinoma pleural effusions: molecular characterization and tumor engraftment.

Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) could represent an excellent source to culture a wide variety of cancer cells from different donors. In this study, we set up culture conditions for cancer cells deriving from MPEs of several patients affected by the most frequent form of lung cancer, namely the su...

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Main Authors: Rita Mancini, Enrico Giarnieri, Claudia De Vitis, Donatella Malanga, Giuseppe Roscilli, Alessia Noto, Emanuele Marra, Carmelo Laudanna, Pietro Zoppoli, Pasquale De Luca, Andrea Affuso, Luigi Ruco, Arianna Di Napoli, Giuseppe Mesiti, Luigi Aurisicchio, Alberto Ricci, Salvatore Mariotta, Lara Pisani, Claudio Andreetti, Giuseppe Viglietto, Erino A Rendina, Maria Rosaria Giovagnoli, Gennaro Ciliberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3138755?pdf=render