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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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B1OXI Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6C17 | Sus scrofa (Pig) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of chicken origin but found to be a porcine cell line (PubMed=22193509).. |
PMID:20444515 PMID:22193509 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | B1oxi | Wikidata:Q54752550 | CVCL_6C17 | 2026-02-14 09:08:43 | 0 | |||||
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Ae-Culin Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1R47 | Opodiphthera eucalypti (Emperor gum moth) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Culiseta inornata origin but found to be a Opodiphthera eucalypti Ae derivative (PubMed=4402510; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Insect cell line. |
PMID:4393461 PMID:4402510 PMID:5142332 PMID:6451928 PMID:20143388 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Female | Culiseta inornata culture | BioSample:SAMN03151997, Wikidata:Q54608888 |
cvcl_z109 | CVCL_1R47 | 2026-02-14 09:06:18 | 0 | ||||
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Ae-Aedve Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1R46 | Opodiphthera eucalypti (Emperor gum moth) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Aedes vexans origin but found to be a Opodiphthera eucalypti Ae derivative (PubMed=4402510; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Insect cell line. |
PMID:4393461 PMID:4402510 PMID:5142332 PMID:6451928 PMID:20143388 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Female | Aedes vexans culture | BioSample:SAMN03151995, Wikidata:Q54608884 |
cvcl_z109 | CVCL_1R46 | 2026-02-14 09:06:18 | 0 | ||||
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B6 [Contaminated chicken cell line] Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6C18 | Sus scrofa (Pig) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of chicken origin but found to be a porcine cell line (PubMed=22193509).. |
PMID:20444515 PMID:22193509 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | Wikidata:Q54752707 | CVCL_6C18 | 2026-02-14 09:08:45 | 0 | ||||||
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BALB/3T3 A31-1-1 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_J646 | 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). Therefore this cell line is not a clone of BALB/3T3 clone A31 (Cellosaurus=CVCL_0184) as originally reported.. | PMID:27844419 | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Balb/c 3T3 A31-I-1, A31-1-1, 1-1 | JCRB:IFO50070, JCRB:IFO50298, JCRB:JCRB0601, JCRB:JCRB1356, JCRB:NIHS0590, Wikidata:Q54753078 |
CVCL_J646 | 2026-02-14 09:08:50 | 0 | ||||||
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BALB/3T3 A31-1-13 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_L996 | 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). Therefore this cell line is not a clone of BALB/3T3 clone A31 (Cellosaurus=CVCL_0184) as originally reported.. | PMID:27844419 | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Balb/c 3T3 A31-1-13, A31-1-13 | JCRB:IFO50299, Wikidata:Q54753079 |
CVCL_L996 | 2026-02-14 09:08:50 | 0 | ||||||
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Bhas42 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_5494 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Biotechnology: Part of the 'Bhas 42 cell transformation assay' which is a sensitive short-term system for predicting chemical carcinogenicity (PubMed=21801851)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Not from strain BALB/c as originally assigned but from a NIH Swiss strain derivative (PubMed=27844419).. |
PMID:3141328 PMID:21801851 PMID:27844419 |
Transformed cell line | Bhas 42 | JCRB:JCRB0149, Wikidata:Q54796337 |
cvcl_j646 | CVCL_5494 | 2026-02-14 09:12:05 | 0 | |||||
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BIONi012-A Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_LE10 | Homo sapiens (Human) | From: Bioneer A/S; Horsholm; Denmark., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. The STR profile matches the wrong donor (EBiSC=BIONi012-A).. | Induced pluripotent stem cell | Male | H230715 47-1 | BioSamples:SAMEA4342434, EBiSC:BIONi012-A, ECACC:66540263, hPSCreg:BIONi012-A, Wikidata:Q54796788 |
CVCL_LE10 | 2026-02-14 09:12:10 | 0 | ||||||
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BIU-87/ADMR Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6882 | Unidentified organism (Unknown organism) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Parent cell line (BIU-87) seems to be contaminated by non-human cells.. |
PMID:9594332 PMID:23618585 PMID:30967374 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BIU-87/ADM, BIU-87/DOX | Wikidata:Q54796898 | cvcl_6881 | CVCL_6882 | 2026-02-14 09:12:11 | 0 | ||||
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BIU-87 Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6881 | Unidentified organism (Unknown organism) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Seems to be contaminated by non-human cells (PubMed=26116706). Originally thought to originate from a 58 year old male patient with an urinary bladder carcinoma.. |
PMID:9594332 PMID:23618585 PMID:26116706 PMID:30967374 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BIU87 | CCTCC:GDC0120, KCB:KCB 2006103YJ, Wikidata:Q28658473 |
CVCL_6881 | 2026-02-14 09:12:11 | 2 | |||||
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F56 [Misidentified human neoplasm] Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_WJ23 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from mouse (PubMed=28851942). Originally thought to originate from an adenocarcinoma.. | PMID:28851942 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | CCRID:4201HUM-CCTCC00044, CCTCC:GDC0044, Wikidata:Q93548880 |
CVCL_WJ23 | 2026-02-14 08:13:39 | 0 | ||||||
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FRI-SpIm-1229 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_Z133 | Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage moth) | Discontinued: NGRC Genebank; Catalog number 275021., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Lemyra imparilis origin but found to be from Mamestra brassicae (RCB=RCB0281).., Group: Insect cell line. | PMID:9282311 | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | CLO:CLO_0050005, ICLDB:fri-spim-1229, NISES:SK0015, RCB:RCB0281, Wikidata:Q54835167 |
CVCL_Z133 | 2026-02-14 08:13:59 | 0 | ||||||
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Clone 1A Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1T03 | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook salmon) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Oncorhynchus mykiss origin but found to be a Oncorhynchus tshawytscha CHSE-214 derivative (PubMed=19002917).., Group: Fish cell line. | PMID:19002917 | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | BioSample:SAMN03151624, Wikidata:Q54813655 |
cvcl_2780 | CVCL_1T03 | 2026-02-14 08:05:51 | 0 | |||||
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SPC-BM-36 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_Z327 | Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall armyworm) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be from a Bombyx mori chrysalid but found to be from Spodoptera frugiperda (DSMZ=ACC-186).., Group: Insect cell line. |
PMID:3467322 PMID:21335011 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | SPC BM 36, SPC Bm 36, SPC Bm-36, SPC-Bm36, S.P.C.Bm36, S.P.C. Bm36, S.P.C. Bm 36, SPCBm36, Bm36 | CLO:CLO_0009119, CLDB:cl4388, DSMZ:ACC-186, DSMZCellDive:ACC-186, NISES:SK0035, Wikidata:Q54955525 |
CVCL_Z327 | 2026-02-14 08:46:22 | 0 | ||||||
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UM-UC-3-GFP Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1R40 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown not to be derived from UM-UC-3, its origin is unknown (PubMed=19375735; PubMed=20143388).. |
PMID:19375735 PMID:20143388 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BioSample:SAMN03152036, Wikidata:Q54990990 |
CVCL_1R40 | 2026-02-14 08:48:49 | 0 | ||||||
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R201C Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_6540 | 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:JCRB1199, Wikidata:Q54949032 |
cvcl_e938 | CVCL_6540 | 2026-02-14 08:43:48 | 0 | ||||||
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LAH1 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_6666 | Bufo japonicus formosus (Eastern-Japanese common toad) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of Pelophylax nigromaculatus origin but found to be from Bufo japonicus formosus (RCB=RCB1733).., Group: Amphibian cell line. | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | CLO:CLO_0050155, RCB:RCB1733, Wikidata:Q54901902 |
CVCL_6666 | 2026-02-14 08:31:38 | 0 | |||||||
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Mel Ho Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_1402 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Melanoma | Population: Caucasian., Part of: COSMIC cell lines project., Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown to be identical to MEL-Wei. This cell line was reported to be isogenic with LCL-Ho (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1868) but it does not have the same STR profile (PubMed=10508494; PubMed=20143388). According to DSMZ ACC-62 it is a human female cell line.. |
PMID:6895502 PMID:10508494 PMID:11668190 PMID:20143388 PMID:20164919 PMID:22170099 PMID:22460905 PMID:25485619 PMID:25877200 PMID:26589293 PMID:27397505 PMID:30894373 PMID:31068700 PMID:35839778 |
Cancer cell line | Female | MEL HO, MEL-HO, MEL-Ho, Mel-HO, MelHo, MELHO, Ho | BTO:BTO_0001587, CLO:CLO_0007675, EFO:EFO_0006647, CLDB:cl3439, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-783, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-2706, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-2770, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-3610, BioGRID_ORCS_Cell_line:549, BioSample:SAMN03152032, BioSample:SAMN03473130, BioSample:SAMN03473505, BioSample:SAMN10988268, cancercelllines:CVCL_1402, Cell_Model_Passport:SIDM00337, ChEMBL-Cells:CHEMBL3308798, ChEMBL-Targets:CHEMBL1075500, Cosmic:908124, Cosmic:1995504, Cosmic-CLP:908124, DepMap:ACH-000450, DSMZ:ACC-62, DSMZCellDive:ACC-62, EGA:EGAS00001000610, EGA:EGAS00001000978, EGA:EGAS00001002554, GDSC:908124, GEO:GSM887308, GEO:GSM888384, GEO:GSM1670094, IARC_TP53:21492, LiGeA:CCLE_006, LINCS_LDP:LCL-1251, PharmacoDB:MELHO_914_2019, PRIDE:PXD030304, Progenetix:CVCL_1402, PubChem_Cell_line:CVCL_1402, Wikidata:Q54905059 |
CVCL_1402 | 2026-02-14 08:33:10 | 5 | ||||
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MelHOrDACARB20 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_RQ54 | 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 | MelHOrDAC20, Mel-HOrDAC20 | cancercelllines:CVCL_RQ54, Wikidata:Q54905179 |
cvcl_1402 | CVCL_RQ54 | 2026-02-14 08:33:13 | 0 | |||
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MelHOrCDDP1000 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified/Contaminated |
RRID:CVCL_RQ53 | 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-HO-rCDDP1000 | cancercelllines:CVCL_RQ53, Wikidata:Q54905178 |
cvcl_1402 | CVCL_RQ53 | 2026-02-14 08:33:13 | 0 |
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