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IN VIVO STUDY ON THE PROCESS OF SOLID TUMOR FORMATION FROM EMBRYOID BODIES OF MOUSE TERATOCARCINOMA
Author(s) -
AMANO SHIGETOYO,
HAGIWARA ATSUYOSHI
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1976.00095.x
Subject(s) - embryoid body , teratocarcinoma , in vivo , peritoneal cavity , mesenchymal stem cell , chemistry , biology , pathology , embryonic stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy , cellular differentiation , medicine , biochemistry , genetics , adult stem cell , gene
Embryoid bodies of mouse teratocarcinoma OTT 6050 were studied with special reference to their growth and differentiation in vivo . They were grown either in the peritoneal cavity or in the lung. When injected intraperitoneally, embryoid bodies doubled their number every three days. Some of them attached to a small intra‐peritoneal fat body and were soon surrounded by mesenchymal cells of host origin. They grew, fused with each other and became large solid tumors which contained many differentiated tissues. When injected intravenously, almost all the embryoid bodies lodged in the lungs and individually grew into discrete solid tumors which doubled in volume every 2.9 days. After about thirty days, some tumors were composed of only one type of tissue while others contained several types of tissues. The possible mechanisms for the uni‐ and multi‐tissue types of differentiation are discussed.