Constitutive production of multiple cytokines and a human chorionic gonadotrophin beta-subunit by a human bladder cancer cell line (KU-19-19): possible demonstration of totipotential differentiation.

Bladder cancer cells have been shown to secrete a variety of factors that are not related to cells of urothelial origin. The histogenesis of these tumour developments is uncertain, and a variety of theories have been previously reported. In the present manuscript, we identify the factors constitutiv...

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Main Authors: Tachibana, M., Miyakawa, A., Nakashima, J., Murai, M., Nakamura, K., Kubo, A., Hata, J. I.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1997
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2223942/