Screening of cell surface markers of three glioma cell lines (astrocytoma 1321N1, glioblastoma T98g, and glioblastoma astrocytoma U373 MG) was performed. Glioma cells expressed common mesenchymal cell markers, although the expression levels varied between the cell lines. The expression of proneural markers and glioma cancer stem cell markers was very low and also varied. Induction of differentiation towards the mesodermal cell lineages showed effective adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation for only the U373 MG cell line, while the 1321N1 and T98g lines demonstrated weak adipogenic potential and failed to undergo osteogenic differentiation. The obtained results point to the intratumor phenotypical heterogeneity of cells in gliomas and to the differences between the three studied types of gliomas with regard to the content of cells with mesenchymal phenotype.
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Kholodenko, I.V., Lupatov, A.Y., Kim, Y.S. et al. Mesenchymal Properties of Glioma Cell Lines. Bull Exp Biol Med 178, 122–129 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-024-06294-7
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