U138-MG
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U138-MG is a human cancer cell line derived from Brain and associated with Astrocytoma. Its continuous tumor-cell growth supports reproducible mechanistic and pharmacological experiments. U138-MG is used as an in vitro model of Astrocytoma to investigate PI3K-AKT signaling, ERK signaling, cell proliferation, receptor signaling and trafficking, gene-expression regulation, and drug resistance.
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