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- noun A
gelatinous protein mixture secreted by mouse tumor cells, or specifically aplug composed of this mixture
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Examples
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Today's most commonly used matrices are mouse embryonic fibroblast cells and Matrigel, which is made from mouse tumors.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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ING4 attenuates breast cancer cell growth in Matrigel by altering Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.
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But Nagrath is convinced his strategy is ultimately the most practical for rebuilding tissue in vivo, and not only because it may cost significantly less than Matrigel.
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Companies commonly use Matrigel, a protein mixture secreted by mouse cancer cells, but for that reason it can't be injected into patients.
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An ex vivo ookinete was obtained from an Anopheles stephensi infected bloodmeal 32 hours post-feeding, resuspended in Matrigel (BD Bioscience, UK) and imaged for 10 minutes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur M. Talman et al. 2010
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CC-PLA2s also impaired in vitro human brain microvascular endothelial cell tubulogenesis on Matrigel and showed antiangiogenic activity in vivo in chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Raoudha Kessentini-Zouari 2010
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Companies commonly use Matrigel, a protein mixture secreted by mouse cancer cells, but for that reason it can't be injected into patients.
Uncommon Descent DLH 2010
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In 3D co-culture both HMF3s and MCF7S1 cells demonstrated enhanced invasion into a Matrigel matrix.
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MLK3's contribution to the breast cancer malignant phenotype in a more physiological setting, we implemented a strategy to inducibly express active MLK3 in the preformed acini of MCF10A cells grown in 3D Matrigel.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J Chen 2010
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To investigate the role of CS-1 in regulating OSCC cell spreading, migration and invasion, OSCC cells were assayed for spreading and migration in the presence of a CS-1 peptide or a CS-1 blocking peptide, and for invasion using Matrigel supplemented with these peptides.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pachiyappan Kamarajan 2010
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