ISSN:
1573-7217
Keywords:
breast cancer
;
cell lines
;
image analysis
;
infiltrating ductal carcinoma
;
polypeptides
;
two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The protein populations of epithelial cells cultured from two neoplastic and five non-neoplastic human breast tissues were resolved and displayed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silverstaining. With a computer-based image analysis system, we identified eight polypeptides which are present in both of the neoplastic cell lines, but absent from all five of the cultures of non-neoplastic breast cells. The eight polypeptides are not unique to cells cultured from neoplastic breast, because they are also found in cells cultured from non-breast tissues, both neoplastic and non-neoplastic. Two of the eight polypeptides (∼ Mr 25,000/pI 4.4 and ∼ Mr 31,000/pI 5.5) are present in the patterns of whole tissue samples from infiltrating ductal carcinomas and absent in most normal breast tissue.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01806306
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