Cell
MCF-7 cell
Subclass of:
Cell Line, Tumor
Definitions related to mcf-7 cells:
  • (mcf7) An adenocarcinoma cell line established in 1970 from the pleural effusion of a 69 year old Caucasian female patient with breast carcinoma.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (mcf7 cell) Cell line derived from a pleural effusion of a human breast adenocarcinoma; has retained several characteristics of differentiated mammary epithelium.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An estrogen responsive cell line derived from a patient with metastatic human breast ADENOCARCINOMA (at the Michigan Cancer Foundation.)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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