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lüll Why are transformed cells immortal? Is the process reversible?Smith JR; Ning Y; Pereira-Smith OMAm J Clin Nutr 1992[Jun]; 55 (6 Suppl): 1215S-1221SNormal cells have finite proliferative potential in culture. In contrast, cells derived from tumors immortalized by chemical carcinogens or viruses are able to divide indefinitely. A question of major importance is the mechanism that limits the proliferative potential of normal cells, and conversely, the process by which immortal cells have escaped irreversible growth cessation. To address this question we fused a number of different normal human fibroblast cell lines with various immortal human cell lines and determined the proliferative behavior of the resulting hybrids. In all cases the hybrids had a limited ability to proliferate in culture. These results suggested that the finite proliferative capacity of normal human cells was dominant and that immortal cells had acquired recessive changes in their genetic program, which allowed them to escape senescence. We were also able to assign approximately 30 immortal human cell lines to four complementation groups for indefinite division.|Animals[MESH]|Cell Division/*physiology[MESH]|Cell Fusion[MESH]|Cell Line, Transformed/*physiology[MESH]|Cell Transformation, Neoplastic[MESH]|Cell Transformation, Viral/physiology[MESH]|Cellular Senescence/genetics/*physiology[MESH]|DNA/biosynthesis[MESH]|Fibroblasts/cytology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Hybrid Cells/*cytology[MESH] |