“…The hTERT-immortalized non-dysplastic Barrett's cell line BAR (gifts from Rhonda F Souza, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA) was grown on a 3T3 sorry feeder layer in KBM-2 (Cambrex, UK) medium and supplemented as previously described (Hormi-Carver et al, 2007). In addition, an hTERTimmortalized non-dysplastic cell line, QhTERT (CP-A), and three dysplastic cell lines, ChTERT (CP-B), GohTERT (CP-D) and GihTERT (CP-D) (gifts from P Rabinovich, University of Washington, WA, USA), were maintained in MCDB 153 medium (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA) and supplemented as described previously (Palanca-Wessels et al, 2003).…”