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Spherical, heterogeneous aggregates of proliferating, quiescent, and necrotic cells in culture that retain three-dimensional architecture and tissue-specific functions. The ability to form spheroids is a characteristic trait of CULTURED TUMOR CELLS derived from solid TUMORS. Cells from normal tissues can also form spheroids. They represent an in-vitro model for studies of the biology of both normal and malignant cells. (From Bjerkvig, Spheroid Culture in Cancer Research, 1992, p4)
| Descriptor ID |
D018874
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.251.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Spheroids, Cellular- Spheroids, Cellular
- Cellular Spheroid
- Cellular Spheroids
- Spheroid, Cellular
- Multicellular Spheroids
- Multicellular Spheroid
- Spheroid, Multicellular
- Spheroids, Multicellular
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