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SUBMITTER: Lai ZW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4782372 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lai Zon Weng ZW Bolm Louisa L Fuellgraf Hannah H Biniossek Martin L ML Makowiec Frank F Hopt Ulrich Theodor UT Werner Martin M Keck Tobias T Bausch Dirk D Sorio Claudio C Scarpa Aldo A Schilling Oliver O Bronsert Peter P Wellner Ulrich Friedrich UF
BMC cancer 20160308
<h4>Background</h4>Ampullary cancer is a relatively rare form of cancer and usually treated by pancreatoduodenectomy, followed by adjuvant therapy. The intestinal subtype is associated with markedly improved prognosis after resection. At present, only few cell lines are available for in vitro studies of ampullary cancer and they have not been collectively characterized.<h4>Methods</h4>We characterize five ampullary cancer cell lines by subtype maker expression, epithelial-mesenchymal transition ...[more]