Table 1 Tumor origin and source of the eight thyroid cell lines analyzed in this study

Papillary carcinoma

Prof Dumont JE; Prof Mareel M;

Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University Hospital,

Ghent, Belgium

Tanaka et al . 1987 [10]

Jossart et al. 1995 [15]

Miura et al. 2003 [20]

van Staveren et al. 2007 [21]

Papillary carcinoma

Prof. Santoro M;

Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale,

Napoly, Italy

Basolo et al . 2002 [16]

Papillary carcinoma

Prof. Wynford-Thomas D;

Department of Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine,

Cardiff, U.K.

Antonini et al . 1993 [19]

Challeton et al. 1997 [18]

Papillary carcinoma

Prof Mareel M;

Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University Hospital,

Ghent, Belgium

Paulin et al . 1992 [29]

Corso et al. 2002 [22]

Dettori et al. 2004 [23]

van Staveren et al. 2007 [21]

Follicular carcinoma (Hürthle cell)

Prof. Savagner F;

Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moleculaire, Faculte de Medecine,

Angers, France

Zielke et al . 1998 [30]

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Prof Mareel M;

Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University Hospital,

Ghent, Belgium

Heldin et al . 1991 [31]

Lee et al. 2007 [24]

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Prof Mareel M;

Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University Hospital,

Ghent, Belgium

Mark et al . 1987 [32]

Lee et al. 2007 [24]

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Prof Mareel M;

Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Ghent University Hospital,

Ghent, Belgium

Ito et al . 1992 [33]

van Staveren et al. 2007 [21]

Lee et al. 2007 [24]