title: Two types of three-dimensional structures formed by epithelial cell aggregates from the rat ventral prostate in collagen gel culture. The amount of activated charcoal for absorbing serum.
abstract: Cells taken from the rat ventral prostate and cultured formed a tubular structure inside the collagen gel in a medium containing activated charcoal-absorbed serum after a 14-day incubation. This might suggest that the active substances of serum could induce isolated epithelial cells to form such a spherical or tubular structure, depending on the amount of activated charcoal used for the absorption of serum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ichihara
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002606:Charcoal; D003094:Collagen; D003470:Culture Media; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D002606:Charcoal; D003094:Collagen