Passage History
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Responsiveness of the cell line was monitored over time and was stable for more than 80 passages.
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References
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Wilson VS, et al. A novel cell line, MDA-kb2, that stably expresses an androgen- and glucocorticoid-responsive reporter for the detection of hormone receptor agonists and antagonists. Toxicol. Sci. 66: 69-81, 2002. PubMed: 11861974
The MDA-kb2 cell line was derived from the breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-453 (see ATCC HTB-131) by stable transfection with a mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) luciferase-neo reporter gene construct.
The cell line expresses firefly luciferase under control of the MMTV promoter that contains response elements for both glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and androgen receptors (AR).
MDA-kb2 may be used in an in vitro assay to screen androgen agonist and antagonists and to characterize its specificity and sensitivity to endocrine disrupting chemicals.
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