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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.
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_6C42
Organism: Bos taurus (Bovine)
Disease:
Category: Undefined cell line type
Comments: Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Originally thought to be of pig origin but found to be a bovine cell line (PubMed=22193509)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_6C42 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_3981
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Melanoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_3981 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_RQ51
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Melanoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_RQ51 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_RS67
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Melanoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_RS67 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1R49
Organism: Pimephales promelas (Fathead minnow)
Disease:
Category: Hybrid cell line
Comments: 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.
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1R49 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_6667
Organism: Pelophylax porosus brevipodus (Nagoya Daruma pond frog)
Disease:
Category: Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Comments: 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.
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_6667 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_5510
Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse)
Disease:
Category: Transformed cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated/misidentified. Not from strain C57BL/6 as originally assigned but from a C57BL/6 x CBA cross (PubMed=27844419)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_5510 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_4243
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_4243 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_WU74
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Methylmalonic acidemia
Category: Finite cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Shown to be 100% identical to CG1000 (BCRC=60403)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_WU74 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_A9AS
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease:
Category: Undefined cell line type
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_A9AS Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_7189
Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse)
Disease: Mouse leukemia
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_7189 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_4518
Organism: Chlorocebus sabaeus (Green monkey)
Disease:
Category: Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Comments: 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.
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_4518 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_8346
Organism: Sus scrofa (Pig)
Disease:
Category: Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_8346 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1T14
Organism: Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster)
Disease:
Category: Hybrid cell line
Comments: 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..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1T14 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_L986
Organism: Aotus trivirgatus (Three-striped night monkey)
Disease:
Category: Undefined cell line type
Comments: 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.
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_L986 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated Discontinued Discontinued Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_2219
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Astrocytoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_2219 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_E938
Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse)
Disease:
Category: Transformed cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated/misidentified. Not from strain C57BL/6 as originally assigned but from a C57BL/6 x CBA cross (PubMed=27844419)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_E938 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1T56
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1T56 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1T57
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: 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)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1T57 Copy
Misidentified/Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_8654
Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse)
Disease:
Category: Transformed cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Misidentified/contaminated. Not from strain BALB/c as originally assigned but from a NIH Swiss strain derivative (PubMed=27844419)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_8654 Copy
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