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Cholera toxin stimulation of human mammary epithelial cells in culture

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Addition of cholera toxin to human mammary epithelial cultures derived from reduction mammoplasties and primary carcinomas greatly stimulated cell growth and increased the number of times the cells could be successfully subcultured. Other agents known to increase intracellular cAMP levels were also growth stimulatory. The increased growth potential conferred by cholera toxin enhances the usefulness of this cell culture system.

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This work was supported by USPHS Grant CA-24844 from the National Cancer Institute and Grant CD-61B from the American Cancer Society.

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Stampfer, M.R. Cholera toxin stimulation of human mammary epithelial cells in culture. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 18, 531–537 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02810076

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