Table 1

Renal cell carcinoma cell lines

Designation
Transfectant
VHL status
HIF-2α protein
MT1-MMP levels*

786-0
none
null
stable
+++
WT8
pRc/CMV-VHL
wild-type
not detectable
+
pRc-9
pRc/CMV-empty
null
stable
+++

* Petrella, et al. 2005

"+" and "+++" indicate relative mRNA expression levels between cell lines

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