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Joshua D Frenster1,2, Dimitris G Placantonakis3,4,5,6,7
1Department of Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
In vitro propagation of patient-derived glioblastoma (GBM) cells can be achieved either by adherent monolayer culture, already described in Chapter 3 , or by tumorsphere culture in suspension. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for establishing patient-derived tumorsphere cultures. Such cultures are enriched for GBM stem cells (GSCs) and can be used to generate orthotopic tumor xenografts in the brain of immunocompromised mice. We also point out nuances in the protocol that can increase the yield of successful cultures from operative specimens.
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