《英文msh词典》Cellular Spheroids
[入口词] Cellular Spheroids
[主题词] Spheroids,Cellular
[英文释义] 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)