Non-enzymatic, Serum-free Tissue Culture of Pre-invasive Breast Lesions for Spontaneous Generation of MammospheresVirginia Espina 1, Kirsten H. Edmiston 2, Lance A. Liotta 1
1Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, 2Virginia Surgery Associates
Primary cell culture using intact tissue organoids provides a model system that mimics the multi-cellular in vivo microenvironment. We developed a serum-free primary breast epithelium tissue culture model that perpetuates mixed cell culture lineages and exhibits differentiated morphology, without enzymatic tissue disruption. Breast organoids remain viable for >6 months.
