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Table 1 Origins of a number of commonly used breast cancer cell lines and their citation frequency from 1 January 1990 to 31 December2002, according to PubMed

From: Breast cancer cell lines: friend or foe?

Cell line

Origin

Age (years)

Pathology

Citations

Reference

BT20

Breast

74

Invasive ductal carcinoma

260

[9]

MDA-MB-231

Pleural effusion

51

Adenocarcinoma

1157

[10, 11]

MDA-MB-435

Pleural effusion

31

Invasive ductal carcinoma

292

[11]

MDA-MB-468

Pleural effusion

51

Adenocarcinoma

223

[11]

MCF-7

Pleural effusion

69

Invasive ductal carcinoma

5774

[8]

SkBr3

Pleural effusion

43

Adenocarcinoma

203

[12]

T47D

Pleural Effusion

54

Invasive ductal carcinoma

866

[13]

ZR75.1

Ascites

47

Invasive ductal carcinoma

590

[14]