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Cellosaurus is database indexing available cell lines from various collections: American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Taiwan (BCRC), Banco de Células do Rio de Janeiro (BCRJ), CellBank Australia (CBA), Collection of Cell Lines in Veterinary Medicine (CCLV), Cell Lines Service (CLS), Coriell, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC), Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), European Bank for induced pluripotent Stem Cells (EBiSC), European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC), Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC), Institute for Fermentation Osaka (IFO), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER) biobank, Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources (JCRB) Cell Bank, Kunming Cell Bank of Type Culture Collection (KCB), Korean Cell Line Bank (KCLB), Millipore, National Cell Bank of Iran (NCBI_Iran), National Cancer Institute - Developmental Therapeutics Program (NCI-DTP), NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository (NHCDR), NIH AIDS Reagent Program (NIH-ARP), NISES, RIKEN Bioresource Center Cell Bank (RCB), Royan Stem Cell Bank (RSCB), Tick Cell Biobank (TCB), Tohoku University cell line catalog (TKG), and Ximbio.
| Name | Proper Citation | Organism | Disease |
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IPEC Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6C42 | Bos taurus (Bovine) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of pig origin but found to be a bovine cell line (PubMed=22193509).. | PMID:22193509 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | Wikidata:Q54897966 | CVCL_6C42 | 2026-02-07 08:21:21 | 0 | ||||||
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Mel Wei Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_3981 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Melanoma | Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown to be identical to MEL-Ho. This cell line was reported to be isogenic with LCL-Wei (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1869) but it does not have the same STR profile (PubMed=10508494; PubMed=20143388).. |
PMID:6895502 PMID:10508494 PMID:20143388 |
Cancer cell line | Female | MEL-WEI, Wei | BTO:BTO_0001675, BioSample:SAMN03152033, Wikidata:Q54905066 |
CVCL_3981 | 2026-02-07 08:24:40 | 3 | ||||
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MelHOrNutlin20muM Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_RQ51 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Melanoma | Population: Caucasian., Part of: Resistant Cancer Cell Line (RCCL) collection., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Parent cell line (Mel-Ho) was reported to be isogenic with LCL-Ho (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1868) but it does not have the same STR profile.. | PMID:22170099 | Cancer cell line | Female | Mel-HOrNutlin20muM | cancercelllines:CVCL_RQ51, Wikidata:Q54905180 |
cvcl_1402 | CVCL_RQ51 | 2026-02-07 08:24:37 | 0 | |||
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MelHOrPLX4720_10muM Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_RS67 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Melanoma | Population: Caucasian., Part of: Resistant Cancer Cell Line (RCCL) collection., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Parent cell line (Mel-Ho) was reported to be isogenic with LCL-Ho (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1868) but it does not have the same STR profile.. | Cancer cell line | Female | MelHOrPLX4720(10muM) | cancercelllines:CVCL_RS67, Wikidata:Q54905182 |
cvcl_1402 | CVCL_RS67 | 2026-02-07 08:24:41 | 0 | ||||
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LT-1 [Contaminated frog cell line] Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1R49 | Pimephales promelas (Fathead minnow) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Lithobates pipiens (frog) origin but found to be a complex mixture of Pimephales promelas FHM and Terrapene carolina TH-1 (PubMed=304896; PubMed=6451928; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Reptilian cell line., Group: Fish cell line. |
PMID:304896 PMID:4367239 PMID:6451928 PMID:20143388 |
Hybrid cell line | BioSample:SAMN03151968, Wikidata:Q54903151 |
CVCL_1R49 | 2026-02-07 08:23:36 | 0 | |||||||
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LAH2 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_6667 | Pelophylax porosus brevipodus (Nagoya Daruma pond frog) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Pelophylax nigromaculatus origin but found to be from Pelophylax porosus brevipodus. LAH2 may be identical to LAH3 (Cellosaurus=CVCL_6668) (RCB=RCB1735).., Group: Amphibian cell line. | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | CLO:CLO_0050159, RCB:RCB1735, Wikidata:Q54901903 |
CVCL_6667 | 2026-02-07 08:23:07 | 0 | |||||||
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GP8 [Mouse] Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_5510 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Problematic cell line: Contaminated/misidentified. Not from strain C57BL/6 as originally assigned but from a C57BL/6 x CBA cross (PubMed=27844419).. |
PMID:11504597 PMID:27844419 |
Transformed cell line | JCRB:JCRB1198, JCRB:JCRB1198.01, Wikidata:Q54871636 |
cvcl_e938 | CVCL_5510 | 2026-02-07 08:11:44 | 0 | ||||||
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MS [Human HeLa contaminated cell line] Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_4243 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma | Population: African American., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Chlorocebus aethiops origin but found to be a human HeLa derivative (PubMed=14505435; PubMed=20143388).. |
PMID:14505435 PMID:20143388 |
Cancer cell line | Female | Monkey Stable | CLO:CLO_0007874, CLDB:cl3589, CLDB:cl3590, BioSample:SAMN03151745, ECACC:91070510, IZSLER:BS CL 98, Wikidata:Q54906751 |
cvcl_0030 | CVCL_4243 | 2026-02-07 08:25:17 | 0 | |||
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CG1001 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_WU74 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Methylmalonic acidemia | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown to be 100% identical to CG1000 (BCRC=60403).. | Finite cell line | Female | BCRC:60403, Wikidata:Q93447683 |
cvcl_lg62 | CVCL_WU74 | 2026-02-07 07:54:41 | 0 | |||||
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GL PK/1 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_A9AS | Homo sapiens (Human) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of pig kidney origin but found to be a human cell line (PubMed=13881104; PubMed=13881105).. |
PMID:13881104 PMID:13881105 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | GLPK/1, Glaxo Laboratories Pig Kidney 1 | Wikidata:Q108820292 | CVCL_A9AS | 2026-02-07 08:04:15 | 0 | |||||
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eCAS Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_7189 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Mouse leukemia | Miscellaneous: Conversion of STR profile from fragment lengths to alleles value from personal communication of Wigger, Georges., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of horse origin but found to be a mouse RAW 264.7 derivative (PubMed=29844485). Originally thought to be established by telomerase transfection of bone marrow cells from two 10 year old horses.. |
PMID:14700538 PMID:17686531 PMID:29844485 |
Cancer cell line | Male | e-CAS | Wikidata:Q54831920 | cvcl_0493 | CVCL_7189 | 2026-02-07 08:02:56 | 0 | |||
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ECTC Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_4518 | Chlorocebus sabaeus (Green monkey) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of bovine origin but found to be a monkey Vero derivative (PubMed=14505435; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Non-human primate cell line. |
PMID:14505435 PMID:20143388 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Female | Embryonic Calf Thyroid Cell | CLO:CLO_0002880, CLDB:cl1135, BioSample:SAMN03152037, IZSLER:BS CL 96, Wikidata:Q54831947 |
cvcl_0059 | CVCL_4518 | 2026-02-07 08:03:03 | 0 | ||||
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EEK Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_8346 | Sus scrofa (Pig) | From: Mumford, Jennifer Anne; Equine Virology Unit, Animal Health Trust; Newmarket; United Kingdom., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of horse origin but found to be a pig NSK derivative (PubMed=14505435; PubMed=20143388).. |
PMID:1321530 PMID:14505435 PMID:20143388 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | Embryonic Equine Kidney | BioSample:SAMN03151865, Wikidata:Q54832038 |
cvcl_8378 | CVCL_8346 | 2026-02-07 08:03:07 | 0 | ||||
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CaMa clone 15 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1T14 | Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from both mouse and hamster (PubMed=6451928; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from a breast carcinoma.. |
PMID:6451928 PMID:14071827 PMID:20143388 |
Hybrid cell line | CaMa (clone 15), CaMa 15, Cancer Mammae clone 15 | BioSample:SAMN03152002, Wikidata:Q54808431 |
CVCL_1T14 | 2026-02-07 07:54:20 | 0 | ||||||
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SpR Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_L986 | Aotus trivirgatus (Three-striped night monkey) | Anecdotal: Part of a set of 4 cell lines that were fraudulently stated to originate from Hodgkin lymphoma (PubMed=265539)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to derive from Aotus trivirgatus OMK-210 (PubMed=7192801; PubMed=12592342; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Non-human primate cell line. |
PMID:68093 PMID:265539 PMID:7005696 PMID:7192801 PMID:12592342 PMID:20143388 PMID:29533902 |
Undefined cell line type | Female | SPR, SP | BioSample:SAMN03151878, Wikidata:Q54955583 |
cvcl_l983 | CVCL_L986 | 2026-02-07 08:38:58 | 0 | ||||
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U-373MG ATCC Resource Report Resource Website 500+ mentions Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued Discontinued Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_2219 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Astrocytoma | Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown to be a U-251MG derivative. This cell line is not the original astrocytoma cell line established in 1973 at the University of Uppsala. See U-373MG Uppsala (Cellosaurus=CVCL_2818) for the original U-373MG cell line.. |
PMID:450131 PMID:833871 PMID:2253244 PMID:3518877 PMID:6220172 PMID:6260907 PMID:6582512 PMID:8858520 PMID:9220028 PMID:9230885 PMID:9842975 PMID:10074188 PMID:10402232 PMID:10416987 PMID:11351043 PMID:11414198 PMID:14614447 PMID:14655754 PMID:16232199 PMID:16697959 PMID:17595512 PMID:20215515 PMID:20593219 PMID:21406405 PMID:22282976 PMID:22570425 PMID:26496030 |
Cancer cell line | Male | U-373MG, U373 MG, U-373-MG, U-373 MG, U373-MG, U373MG, U373, 373 MG, 373MG | BTO:BTO_0002126, CLO:CLO_0009460, CLO:CLO_0009461, EFO:EFO_0001255, CLDB:cl4587, CLDB:cl4589, CLDB:cl4964, ATCC:HTB-17, cancercelllines:CVCL_2219, CCLV:CCLV-RIE 0675, CGH-DB:320-1, ChEMBL-Cells:CHEMBL3307474, ChEMBL-Cells:CHEMBL3886101, ChEMBL-Targets:CHEMBL615024, Cosmic:687589, Cosmic:849849, Cosmic:850825, Cosmic:920819, Cosmic:970093, Cosmic:1066236, Cosmic:1171226, Cosmic:1175824, Cosmic:1217674, Cosmic:1294952, Cosmic:1610742, Cosmic:2367504, Cosmic:2491105, Cosmic:2701087, ECACC:89081403, GEO:GSM101681, GEO:GSM101682, GEO:GSM827314, GEO:GSM1638667, IARC_TP53:2576, IZSLER:BS TCL 89, JCRB:NIHS0295, KCLB:30017, LINCS_LDP:LCL-1360, Lonza:334, Lonza:1006, MetaboLights:MTBLS4708, NCBI_Iran:C455, PRIDE:PXD000430, PRIDE:PXD031569, Progenetix:CVCL_2219, PubChem_Cell_line:CVCL_2219, TOKU-E:3660, Wikidata:Q54973575 |
cvcl_0021 | CVCL_2219 | 2026-02-07 08:40:56 | 631 | |||
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SV Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_E938 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Problematic cell line: Contaminated/misidentified. Not from strain C57BL/6 as originally assigned but from a C57BL/6 x CBA cross (PubMed=27844419).. | PMID:27844419 | Transformed cell line | JCRB:JCRB1207, Wikidata:Q54970923 |
CVCL_E938 | 2026-02-07 08:39:51 | 0 | |||||||
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PCI-22A Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1T56 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Supposed to be isogenic with PCI-22B (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1T57) but does not have the same STR profile and are therefore not originating from the same individual (PubMed=21868764).. |
PMID:8084624 PMID:17312569 PMID:21868764 |
Cancer cell line | PCI-22.1 | BioSample:SAMN03152034, Wikidata:Q54938677 |
CVCL_1T56 | 2026-02-07 08:34:53 | 0 | |||||
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PCI-22B Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1T57 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Supposed to be isogenic with PCI-22A (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1T56) but does not have the same STR profile and are therefore not originating from the same individual (PubMed=21868764).. |
PMID:8084624 PMID:17312569 PMID:21868764 |
Cancer cell line | PCI-22.2 | BioSample:SAMN03152035, Wikidata:Q54938678 |
CVCL_1T57 | 2026-02-07 08:34:46 | 0 | |||||
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1-1src Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_8654 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Not from strain BALB/c as originally assigned but from a NIH Swiss strain derivative (PubMed=27844419).. |
PMID:8634088 PMID:27844419 |
Transformed cell line | JCRB:JCRB1357, Wikidata:Q54423225 |
cvcl_j646 | CVCL_8654 | 2026-02-07 08:58:25 | 0 |
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