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.
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_2322
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: African American., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to be a clone of MRC-5..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_2322 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_UY83
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: African American., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=26116706). Originally thought to originate from an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_UY83 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_KU71
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Astrocytoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Ancestral cell line (U-118MG) has been shown to be a U-138MG derivative..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_KU71 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_6861
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Lung adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Caution: Was thought to be an OVCAR-2 derivative because its STR profile was identical to that originally reported for that cell line (PubMed=22710073). But this was shown (September 2025) not to be the correct STR profile for OVCAR-2. Meanwhile it was also noticed that the Caov-2 STR profile is identical to that of Calu-6., Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. On the basis of its STR profile it seems to be a Calu-6 derivative. Originally thought to originate from an ovarian carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_6861 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_8157
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Skin squamous cell carcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Japanese., From: Usui, Keitaro; Jichi Medical School; Tochigi; Japan., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a DJM-1 derivative (PubMed=16643607; PubMed=20143388)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_8157 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_Z252
Organism: Trichoplusia ni (Cabbage looper)
Disease:
Category: Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Originally thought to be from Ascalapha odorata. Shown to be a BTI-Tn-5B1-4 derivative (PubMed=22531032).., Group: Recombinant protein production insect cell line., Group: Insect cell line.
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_Z252 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_M022
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: African American., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (on the basis of the STR profile of PubMed=21253487). Originally thought to originate from a 42 year old male patient with chordoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_M022 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_D297
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Human papillomavirus-related endocervical adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: African American., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=1246601; PubMed=6451928: PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from a rectal adenocarcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_D297 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_6889
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease:
Category: Hybrid cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated. On the basis of the STR profile (PubMed=18196576) it is identical to CNE-1 and seems to be a hybrid of HeLa and of cell line of unknown origin. Originally thought to originate from a 68 year old male patient with a nasopharyngeal carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_6889 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_6888
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease:
Category: Hybrid cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated. On the basis of the STR profile (PubMed=18196576) it is identical to CNE-2 and seems to be a hybrid of HeLa and of cell line of unknown origin. This is also confirmed by RNASeq data from PubMed=24991015. Originally thought to originate from a 58 year old female patient with a nasopharyngeal carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_6888 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_YT55
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease:
Category: Hybrid cell line
Comments: Problematic cell line: Contaminated. The grand-parent cell line (CNE-1) seems to be a hybrid of HeLa and of cell line of unknown origin..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_YT55 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_J653
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Childhood T acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a CCRF-CEM derivative (PubMed=12581897; PubMed=12592342; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from the lymph node biopsy of a patient with Hodgkin lymphoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_J653 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_A1FC
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Amelanotic melanoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Parent cell line (COLO 38) has been shown to be a M14 derivative..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_A1FC Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1998
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Cutaneous melanoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE)., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a COLO 800 derivative (PubMed=10508494; PubMed=20143388)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1998 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_AV69
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: High grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Part of: OCCP ovarian cancer cell line panel., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. The stock of COLO 720E distributed by ECACC was contaminated by COLO 704 (PubMed=25230021; PubMed=25877200)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_AV69 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_8290
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Colon adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a COLO 205 derivative (PubMed=20143388)..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_8290 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_1996
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Plasma cell myeloma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Characteristics: Produces IgG lambda (from parent cell line RPMI-8226)., Population: African American., Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE)., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a RPMI-8226 derivative (ECACC=94072236). Originally thought to originate from the peripheral blood of a 57 year old female patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_1996 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_Y097
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Colon adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a SW480 (or SW620) derivative (BCRC=60449). Originally thought to originate from a 58 year old male patient with a sigmoid colorectal carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_Y097 Copy
Contaminated Discontinued
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_Y099
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Colon adenocarcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a SW480 (or SW620) derivative (BCRC=60450). Originally thought to originate from a 80 year old female patient with a transverse colorectal carcinoma..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_Y099 Copy
Contaminated
https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_KS70
Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
Disease: Bladder carcinoma
Category: Cancer cell line
Comments: Characteristics: Transfected with a plasmid containing a beta-lactamase reporter gene which has been randomly integrated in the genome of ECV-304 and which has been selected for IL1-responsiveness., Population: Caucasian; Swedish., Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Parent cell line (ECV-304) has been shown to be a T24 derivative..
Proper citation: RRID:CVCL_KS70 Copy
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