Three Dimensional Cultures: A Tool To Study Normal Acinar Architecture vs. Malignant Transformation Of Breast CellsAnupama Pal 1, Celina G. Kleer 2
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Three dimensional culture of mammary epithelial cells on a reconstituted basement membrane is a useful method to recapitulate the in vivo architecture of the benign breast, and to differentiate the malignant phenotype from the benign breast phenotype. Importantly, this system can be applied to study invasive carcinomas in other tissues.
