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SUBMITTER: Salas A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7090073 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salas Ana A López Judith J Reyes Ricardo R Évora Carmen C de Oca Francisco Montes FM Báez Delia D Delgado Araceli A Almeida Teresa A TA
Scientific reports 20200323 1
Organotypic cultures of tissue slices have been successfully established in lung, prostate, colon, gastric and breast cancer among other malignancies, but until now an ex vivo model based on tissue slices has not been established for uterine leiomyoma. In the present study, we describe a method for culturing tumour slides onto an alginate scaffold. Morphological integrity of tissue slices was maintained for up to 7 days of culture, with cells expressing desmin, estrogen and progesterone receptor ...[more]