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Table 3 Immunocytology of commercially available cancer cell lines and cells cultured from malignant pleural effusions and malignant ascites. TRAP staining was classified as follows: + positive, (+) weakly positive, - negative.

From: Increased tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) expression in malignant breast, ovarian and melanoma tissue: an investigational study

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cell line

TRAP expression

breast cancer cell lines

MDA-MB-468

+

 

MCF-7

+

 

BT20

+

 

HBL-100

+

primary breast cancer cells

P1

+

 

P2

+

 

P3

-

ovarian cancer cell lines

OAW42

(+)

 

SKOV3

(+)

primary ovarian cancer cells

A1

+

 

A2

+

 

A3

+

cervical cancer cell lines

SiHa

(+)

 

CaSki

-

melanoma cell lines

BML

+

 

Mel2A

(+)

 

MV3

+