Liver‐colonizing melanoma cells selected from B‐16 melanoma
- 15 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 23 (6), 854-857
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910230618
Abstract
Liver-colonizing tumor cells were selected from B-16 melanoma by a stepwise procedure: (1) injection of the original cells through the portal circulation; (2) removal of tumor cells from the hepatic tumor nodules for culture in vitro; (3) reinjection of such cells through the portal circulation and repetition of steps 2 and 3 eight times. The predilection of these selected cells to form tumors in the liver was clearly demonstrated following injection of the cells intra-arterially. The accuracy of the injection technique was controlled by monitoring amounts of injected radioactively labelled Sephadex microspheres. This liver-colonizing preference was not exclusive, but relative.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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