Abstract
Abstract In numerous in vitro studies of cell-mediated cytotoxicity directed against transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) urothelial cells of normal origin have served as control material. In the present work, which includes 13 human bladder cell lines of non-malignant or malignant origin, a comparison was made of morphology, chromosomal mode, growth fraction and tumorigenicity in nude mice. Signs of apparently spontaneous transformation were seen in two cell lines of non-malignant origin. The possibilities for cross-contamination as an explanation of these signs of ‘spontaneous’ transformation are discussed. During these studies radiation-dependent cytotoxicity of disposable microtissue culture plates was revealed as another important source of error.
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