Novel 3D co-culture model for epithelial-stromal cells interaction in prostate cancer.

Paracrine function is a major mechanism of cell-cell communication within tissue microenvironment in normal development and disease. In vitro cell culture models simulating tissue or tumor microenvironment are necessary tools to delineate epithelial-stromal interactions including paracrine function,...

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Main Authors: Xiaolan Fang, Sivanandane Sittadjody, Kenneth Gyabaah, Emmanuel C Opara, Kethandapatti C Balaji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779160?pdf=render