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Lima,Eleonidas Moura; Rissino,Jorge Dores; Guimarães,Adriana Costa; Overal,David James; Khayat,André Salim; Souza,Patrícia Carvalho de; Christofolini,Denise Maria; Smith,Marília de Arruda Cardoso; Burbano,Rommel Rodríguez. |
The Hep-2 cell line is derived from laryngeal carcinoma cells and is often utilized as a model in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis tests. To evaluate the proliferative potential of this line, we developed a cytogenetic methodology (drifter technique) to obtain metaphases from cells that loose cellular adhesion when they underwent mitosis in culture. By this procedure, 2000 cells were counted, resulting in a mitotic index (MI) of 22.2%. Although this MI was not statistically different from the one obtained using either a classical cytogenetic method or a cell synchronization technique, the drifter technique has the advantage of not requiring the use of some reagents for the obtention of metaphases and also of diminishing the consumption of maintenance... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hep-2 cell line; Drifter technique; Mitotic index. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000500005 |
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