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Growth-promoting Effect of Chondroitin Sulphate on Solid Ehrlich Ascites Tumour

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IN the course of studying the interaction between connective tissue and cancer cells, I found that chondroitin sulphate promoted the growth of solid Ehrlich ascites tumour. Tumour cells used in this study were of Ehrlich hypotetraploid stock (Kaziwara1 4N) which was maintained intraperitoneally in SM male mice.

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TAKEUCHI, J. Growth-promoting Effect of Chondroitin Sulphate on Solid Ehrlich Ascites Tumour. Nature 207, 537–538 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207537b0

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