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Interleukin-6 and epidermal growth factor promote anchorage-independent growth of immortalized human prostatic epithelial cells treated withN-methyl-N-nitrosourea

Masato Okamoto, Mukta M. Webber, Salmaan Quader, Ryoichi Oyasu

The Prostate · 1998 · 17 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

The results of the present study suggest that IL-6 and EGF may enhance prostate carcinogenesis in vitro by preferentially stimulating the growth of transformed cells.

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Evaluation of a tetrazolium-based semiautomated colorimetric assay: assessment of chemosensitivity testing.

James Carmichael, William DeGraff, Adi F. Gazdar et al. · PubMed · 1987 · 3.8K citations

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Cancer statistics, 1997

T. Tong, S. Bolden, P. A. Wingo · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians · 1997 · 2K citations · Full text

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Cancer statistics, 1990

E. Silverberg, C. C. Boring, T. S. Squires · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians · 1990 · 816 citations · Full text

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Androgen responsive adult human prostatic epithelial cell lines immortalized by human papillomavirus 18

Dhimiter Bello · Carcinogenesis · 1997 · 431 citations · Full text

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Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) functions as an in vitro autocrine growth factor in renal cell carcinomas

Shunji Miki, Masayuki Iwano, Yoshitsugu Miki et al. · FEBS Letters · 1989 · 416 citations · Full text

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