Transplantable rat thyroid cancer cell line FRTC transformed with muramyl dipeptide.

A rat thyroid cancer cell line, FRTC, was established from the normal rat thyroid cell line, FRTL-5. FRTL-5 cells were cultured in vitro with N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDP) for 4 days and were transplanted intraperitoneally into Fisher rats. Disseminated tumour formation in the perito...

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Main Authors: Iitaka, M., Fukasawa, N., Kitahama, S., Miura, S., Kawakami, Y., Sato, H., Sugano, S., Ishii, J., Katayama, S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1997
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2222688/