Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0001pp134 | Cancer and bone: basic, translational and clinical | ECTS2013

Isolation of ALDH1high cells by flow cytometry and investigation of the expression pattern of Wnt pathway genes in primary chordoma cell lines

Lohberger Birgit , Stuendl Nicole , Meditz Katharina , Liegl Bernadette , Leithner Andreas , Rinner Beate

Chordomas are rare, low to intermediate grade malignant bone tumors of the axial skeleton. Current treatment options are limited to surgical procedures as chordomas are largely resistant to conventional radiation and chemotherapy. Cell lines are valuable tools to explore molecular mechanisms involved in tumorigenesis and they have a fundamental impact on the development of new anticancer agents. We established a novel chordoma cell-line, MUG-Chor1, from a recurrent morphologic...