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Development of a serum-free medium for a human immortalized fibroblast cell line (KMST-6/TNF) producing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and growth inhibitory effects of its conditioned medium on malignant cells in culture

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    Seh-Hoon Oh, Masahiro Miyazaki & Masayoshi Namba

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Oh, SH., Miyazaki, M. & Namba, M. Development of a serum-free medium for a human immortalized fibroblast cell line (KMST-6/TNF) producing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and growth inhibitory effects of its conditioned medium on malignant cells in culture. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 37, 169–171 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2001)037<0169:DOASFM>2.0.CO;2

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