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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the possibility of a cervical squamous cell carcinoma-specific growth factor(s), previously suggested by clinical findings and in vitro culture experiments, we examined in vitro cultures and nude mouse transplantations of cervical squamous cell carcinoma cells obtained from a patient with a bulky cervical tumor without detectable distant metastases. The cancer cells did not proliferate without additional growth factors but remained viable in vitro. Fourteen weeks after transplantation of the tumor cells on their backs, 1 of the 3 nude mice developed large metastatic pelvic tumors without macroscopic metastatic lesions in their lungs or liver. When these pelvic tumor fragments were trans-planted onto the backs of other nude mice, ulcerated back tumors and larger metastatic pelvic tumors, but no macroscopic metastatic lesions in the lungs or liver, were observed. Histopathological examination of these pelvic tumors showed that all were the same squamous cell carcinoma as the primary tumor. These results indicate that cell proliferation of bulky cervical squamous cell carcinoma is strongly associated with a squamous cell carcinoma-specific growth factor(s) in a paracrine manner.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1021-335X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1121-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell proliferation of bulky cervical squamous cell carcinoma is strongly associated with a paracrine tissue-specific growth factor(s).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimi-idera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. tetanaka@wakayama-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't