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Fig. 5. TNF-{alpha} disrupts contact-mediated inhibition of cell proliferation. 2A4 cells were seeded at saturation density within a glass cylinder placed in the centre of a 22 mm well. After 24 hours, the cylinder was removed and the monolayer was incubated with or without TNF-{alpha}. (A) When left untreated for 9 days, the initial cobblestone-like monolayer of 2A4 cells remain strictly contact inhibited. (B) Over the same time period, 2A4 cells treated with 5 ng ml-1 TNF-{alpha} have formed thick ridges overlying the initial monolayer. (C) Thin section perpendicular to the plane of a control culture showing that the cells grow as a single layer. (D) Thin section perpendicular to the plane of a culture treated with 3 ng ml-1 TNF-{alpha}. The cells pile up forming multiple cell layers. Scale bars, 200 µm (A,B); 10 µm (C,D).





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